Power Plants Near 26236 — Selbyville, WV

10 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 26236 (Selbyville, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.7540, -80.2365 · County: Upshur

Hydroelectric 54%Coal 39%Wind 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
25.7 mi	Laurel Mountain Hybrid Belington, WV	Wind	114 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
37.1 mi	Wolf Summit Energy Clarksburg, WV	Natural Gas	—	Wolf Summit Energy Llc
38.3 mi	Tygart Hydropower Grafton, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Tygart Llc
41.7 mi	Monterey Diesel Generation Facility Monterey, VA	Oil	6 MW	Old Dominion Electric Coop
43.8 mi	Firstenergy Harrison Power Station Haywood, WV	Coal	2,052 MW	Monongahela Power Co
44.5 mi	Bath County Warm Springs, VA	Hydroelectric	2,862 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
47.8 mi	Mountaineer Wind Energy Center Thomas, WV	Wind	66 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
48.1 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Llc Rupert, WV	Wind	101 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
48.1 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Storage Rupert, WV	Other Fossil	32 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
48.8 mi	Beech Ridge Ii Wind Energy Center Rupert, WV	Wind	56 MW	Southern Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 10 power plants within 50 miles of Selbyville, West Virginia (ZIP 26236), with a combined 5,288 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 10 nearby plants. The closest plant is Laurel Mountain Hybrid at 25.7 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in West Virginia, visit the West Virginia state page.

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