Power Plants Near 26376 — Ireland, WV

8 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 26376 (Ireland, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.7763, -80.4567 · County: Lewis

Coal 84%Wind 11%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
34.6 mi	Laurel Mountain Hybrid Belington, WV	Wind	114 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
36.0 mi	Wolf Summit Energy Clarksburg, WV	Natural Gas	—	Wolf Summit Energy Llc
42.3 mi	Tygart Hydropower Grafton, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Tygart Llc
42.5 mi	Firstenergy Harrison Power Station Haywood, WV	Coal	2,052 MW	Monongahela Power Co
45.1 mi	Gauley River Power Partners Summersville, WV	Hydroelectric	80 MW	Central Rivers Power Wv, Llc
46.7 mi	Beech Ridge Ii Wind Energy Center Rupert, WV	Wind	56 MW	Southern Power Co
47.6 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Llc Rupert, WV	Wind	101 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
47.6 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Storage Rupert, WV	Other Fossil	32 MW	Invenergy Services Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 8 power plants within 50 miles of Ireland, West Virginia (ZIP 26376), with a combined 2,434 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 3 of the 8 nearby plants. The closest plant is Laurel Mountain Hybrid at 34.6 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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