Power Plants Near 26431 — Shinnston, WV

38 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 26431 (Shinnston, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.3888, -80.2834 · County: Harrison

Coal 69%Natural Gas 26%Wind 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.6 mi	Firstenergy Harrison Power Station Haywood, WV	Coal	2,052 MW	Monongahela Power Co
7.3 mi	Wolf Summit Energy Clarksburg, WV	Natural Gas	—	Wolf Summit Energy Llc
13.4 mi	Firstenergy Rivesville Rivesville, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
13.6 mi	Grant Town Power Plant Grant Town, WV	Coal	96 MW	American Bituminous Power Lp
14.5 mi	Rivesville Solar Rivesville, WV	Solar	6 MW	Monongahela Power Co
16.5 mi	Tygart Hydropower Grafton, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Tygart Llc
17.4 mi	Opekiska L&d Hydroelectric Project Fairmont, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
23.2 mi	Morgantown L&d Hydroelectric Project Morgantown, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
24.4 mi	Morgantown Energy Facility Morgantown, WV	Natural Gas	69 MW	Morgantown Energy Associates
28.0 mi	Longview Power Plant Maidsville, WV	Coal	808 MW	Longview Power, Llc
28.3 mi	Fort Martin Solar Maidsville, WV	Solar	19 MW	Monongahela Power Co
29.2 mi	Firstenergy Fort Martin Power Station Maidsville, WV	Coal	1,152 MW	Monongahela Power Co
30.7 mi	Point Marion L&d Hydroelectric Project Point Marion, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
32.3 mi	Lake Lynn Hydro Station Lake Lynn, PA	Hydroelectric	51 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
33.9 mi	Laurel Mountain Hybrid Belington, WV	Wind	114 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
34.3 mi	Gans Gans, PA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Gans Energy Llc
34.5 mi	Gans Solar Lake Lynn, PA	Solar	14 MW	Gans Solar, Llc
35.2 mi	Firstenergy Albright Albright, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
35.7 mi	Grays Landing L&d Hydroelectric Project Masontown, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
36.4 mi	New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro New Martinsville, WV	Hydroelectric	37 MW	New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro
37.0 mi	Long Ridge Energy Generation Hannibal, OH	Natural Gas	522 MW	Long Ridge Energy Generation Llc
37.9 mi	Fayette Energy Facility Masontown, PA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Fayette Power Company, Llc
38.8 mi	South Chestnut Llc Farmington, PA	Wind	50 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
39.2 mi	Axiall Natrium Plant New Martinsville, WV	Natural Gas	116 MW	Westlake Chemical Natrium Plant
39.5 mi	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc Carmichaels, PA	Natural Gas	665 MW	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc
41.6 mi	Mitchell (Wv) Captina, WV	Coal	1,633 MW	Kentucky Power Co
42.4 mi	Mountaineer Wind Energy Center Thomas, WV	Wind	66 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
44.6 mi	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	40 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc
45.8 mi	Maxwell L&d Hydroelectric Project Luzerne, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
45.9 mi	Roth Rock North Wind Farm, Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	10 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc
47.0 mi	Md Cdg 002 Oakland, MD	Solar	2 MW	Md Cdg 002 Llc
47.3 mi	Md Cdg 001 Oakland, MD	Solar	2 MW	Md Cdg 001 Llc
47.4 mi	Deep Creek Oakland, MD	Hydroelectric	20 MW	Bp Piney & Deep Creek Llc
47.7 mi	Davis Solar (Wv) Davis, WV	Solar	—	Monongahela Power Co
47.8 mi	Tpe Md Ga140 Oakland, MD	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
48.2 mi	Garrett County - Dpu Treatment Plant Oakland, MD	Solar	1 MW	Tesla Inc.
48.9 mi	Tpe Md Ga137 Oakland, MD	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
49.8 mi	Md - Cs - Potomac Edison Co - Ga29 Tpe Friendsville, MD	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 38 power plants within 50 miles of Shinnston, West Virginia (ZIP 26431), with a combined 8,348 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 38 nearby plants. The closest plant is Firstenergy Harrison Power Station at 2.6 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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