Power Plants Near 26254 — Bowden, WV

28 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 26254 (Bowden, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.9087, -79.7098 · County: Randolph

Coal 50%Hydroelectric 39%Wind 11%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.7 mi	Laurel Mountain Hybrid Belington, WV	Wind	114 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
21.1 mi	Mountaineer Wind Energy Center Thomas, WV	Wind	66 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
22.2 mi	Davis Solar (Wv) Davis, WV	Solar	—	Monongahela Power Co
27.2 mi	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	40 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc
30.0 mi	Roth Rock North Wind Farm, Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	10 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc
30.2 mi	Tygart Hydropower Grafton, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Tygart Llc
31.3 mi	Mt Storm Mount Storm, WV	Coal	1,681 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
31.8 mi	North Branch (Wv) Gormania, WV	Coal	—	Virginia Electric & Power Co
34.3 mi	Monterey Diesel Generation Facility Monterey, VA	Oil	6 MW	Old Dominion Electric Coop
34.3 mi	Nedpower Mount Storm Mount Storm, WV	Wind	264 MW	Clearway Energy Operating Llc
36.1 mi	Md Cdg 002 Oakland, MD	Solar	2 MW	Md Cdg 002 Llc
36.2 mi	Md Cdg 001 Oakland, MD	Solar	2 MW	Md Cdg 001 Llc
36.6 mi	New Creek Wind New Creek, WV	Wind	103 MW	New Creek Wind, Llc
37.3 mi	Tpe Md Ga140 Oakland, MD	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
37.3 mi	Tpe Md Ga137 Oakland, MD	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
40.3 mi	Firstenergy Albright Albright, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
41.0 mi	Fair Wind Oakland, MD	Wind	30 MW	Fair Wind Power Partners, Llc
41.0 mi	Criterion Oakland, MD	Wind	70 MW	Criterion Power Partners Llc
42.0 mi	Wolf Summit Energy Clarksburg, WV	Natural Gas	—	Wolf Summit Energy Llc
44.6 mi	Garrett County - Dpu Treatment Plant Oakland, MD	Solar	1 MW	Tesla Inc.
45.2 mi	Black Rock Wind Elk Garden, WV	Wind	115 MW	Black Rock Wind Force, Llc
45.3 mi	Deep Creek Oakland, MD	Hydroelectric	20 MW	Bp Piney & Deep Creek Llc
45.8 mi	Cpv Backbone Solar Swanton, MD	Solar	—	Cpv Backbone Solar, Llc
46.8 mi	Firstenergy Harrison Power Station Haywood, WV	Coal	2,052 MW	Monongahela Power Co
48.1 mi	Firstenergy Rivesville Rivesville, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
48.2 mi	Rivesville Solar Rivesville, WV	Solar	6 MW	Monongahela Power Co
48.6 mi	Bath County Warm Springs, VA	Hydroelectric	2,862 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
48.9 mi	Opekiska L&d Hydroelectric Project Fairmont, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development

Power generation near this area

There are 28 power plants within 50 miles of Bowden, West Virginia (ZIP 26254), with a combined 7,443 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 28 nearby plants. The closest plant is Laurel Mountain Hybrid at 11.7 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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