Power Plants Near 26288 — Webster Springs, WV

9 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 26288 (Webster Springs, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.4832, -80.4476 · County: Webster

Hydroelectric 91%Wind 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
27.2 mi	Beech Ridge Ii Wind Energy Center Rupert, WV	Wind	56 MW	Southern Power Co
27.4 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Llc Rupert, WV	Wind	101 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
27.4 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Storage Rupert, WV	Other Fossil	32 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
30.1 mi	Gauley River Power Partners Summersville, WV	Hydroelectric	80 MW	Central Rivers Power Wv, Llc
39.9 mi	Bath County Warm Springs, VA	Hydroelectric	2,862 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
45.8 mi	Hawks Nest Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	102 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
46.5 mi	Monterey Diesel Generation Facility Monterey, VA	Oil	6 MW	Old Dominion Electric Coop
47.2 mi	Laurel Mountain Hybrid Belington, WV	Wind	114 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
47.6 mi	Glen Ferris Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 9 power plants within 50 miles of Webster Springs, West Virginia (ZIP 26288), with a combined 3,358 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 9 nearby plants. The closest plant is Beech Ridge Ii Wind Energy Center at 27.2 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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