Power Plants Near 26241 — Elkins, WV

31 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 26241 (Elkins, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.9253, -79.8471 · County: Randolph

Coal 50%Hydroelectric 38%Wind 11%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.0 mi	Laurel Mountain Hybrid Belington, WV	Wind	114 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
24.4 mi	Mountaineer Wind Energy Center Thomas, WV	Wind	66 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
26.0 mi	Tygart Hydropower Grafton, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Tygart Llc
26.9 mi	Davis Solar (Wv) Davis, WV	Solar	—	Monongahela Power Co
30.5 mi	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	40 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc
33.4 mi	Roth Rock North Wind Farm, Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	10 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc
35.7 mi	Wolf Summit Energy Clarksburg, WV	Natural Gas	—	Wolf Summit Energy Llc
36.2 mi	North Branch (Wv) Gormania, WV	Coal	—	Virginia Electric & Power Co
36.6 mi	Mt Storm Mount Storm, WV	Coal	1,681 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
37.5 mi	Monterey Diesel Generation Facility Monterey, VA	Oil	6 MW	Old Dominion Electric Coop
39.1 mi	Md Cdg 002 Oakland, MD	Solar	2 MW	Md Cdg 002 Llc
39.2 mi	Md Cdg 001 Oakland, MD	Solar	2 MW	Md Cdg 001 Llc
39.7 mi	Nedpower Mount Storm Mount Storm, WV	Wind	264 MW	Clearway Energy Operating Llc
40.3 mi	Tpe Md Ga140 Oakland, MD	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
40.5 mi	Firstenergy Albright Albright, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
40.5 mi	Tpe Md Ga137 Oakland, MD	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
41.0 mi	Firstenergy Harrison Power Station Haywood, WV	Coal	2,052 MW	Monongahela Power Co
42.4 mi	New Creek Wind New Creek, WV	Wind	103 MW	New Creek Wind, Llc
44.2 mi	Firstenergy Rivesville Rivesville, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
44.4 mi	Rivesville Solar Rivesville, WV	Solar	6 MW	Monongahela Power Co
44.5 mi	Fair Wind Oakland, MD	Wind	30 MW	Fair Wind Power Partners, Llc
44.6 mi	Criterion Oakland, MD	Wind	70 MW	Criterion Power Partners Llc
45.5 mi	Opekiska L&d Hydroelectric Project Fairmont, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
46.9 mi	Garrett County - Dpu Treatment Plant Oakland, MD	Solar	1 MW	Tesla Inc.
47.1 mi	Grant Town Power Plant Grant Town, WV	Coal	96 MW	American Bituminous Power Lp
47.4 mi	Deep Creek Oakland, MD	Hydroelectric	20 MW	Bp Piney & Deep Creek Llc
48.4 mi	Morgantown L&d Hydroelectric Project Morgantown, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
49.6 mi	Bath County Warm Springs, VA	Hydroelectric	2,862 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
49.7 mi	Cpv Backbone Solar Swanton, MD	Solar	—	Cpv Backbone Solar, Llc
49.7 mi	Morgantown Energy Facility Morgantown, WV	Natural Gas	69 MW	Morgantown Energy Associates
50.0 mi	Black Rock Wind Elk Garden, WV	Wind	115 MW	Black Rock Wind Force, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 31 power plants within 50 miles of Elkins, West Virginia (ZIP 26241), with a combined 7,608 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 31 nearby plants. The closest plant is Laurel Mountain Hybrid at 6.0 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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