Power Plants Near 26440 — Thornton, WV

50 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 26440 (Thornton, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.3329, -79.9096 · County: Taylor

Coal 68%Natural Gas 18%Wind 11%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.5 mi	Tygart Hydropower Grafton, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Tygart Llc
17.3 mi	Rivesville Solar Rivesville, WV	Solar	6 MW	Monongahela Power Co
17.5 mi	Firstenergy Rivesville Rivesville, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
17.7 mi	Opekiska L&d Hydroelectric Project Fairmont, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
18.1 mi	Firstenergy Albright Albright, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
20.1 mi	Morgantown L&d Hydroelectric Project Morgantown, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
20.8 mi	Grant Town Power Plant Grant Town, WV	Coal	96 MW	American Bituminous Power Lp
21.4 mi	Morgantown Energy Facility Morgantown, WV	Natural Gas	69 MW	Morgantown Energy Associates
22.3 mi	Wolf Summit Energy Clarksburg, WV	Natural Gas	—	Wolf Summit Energy Llc
22.5 mi	Mountaineer Wind Energy Center Thomas, WV	Wind	66 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
22.5 mi	Laurel Mountain Hybrid Belington, WV	Wind	114 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
22.9 mi	Firstenergy Harrison Power Station Haywood, WV	Coal	2,052 MW	Monongahela Power Co
24.3 mi	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	40 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc
25.6 mi	Roth Rock North Wind Farm, Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	10 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc
26.0 mi	Fort Martin Solar Maidsville, WV	Solar	19 MW	Monongahela Power Co
26.0 mi	Longview Power Plant Maidsville, WV	Coal	808 MW	Longview Power, Llc
26.1 mi	Firstenergy Fort Martin Power Station Maidsville, WV	Coal	1,152 MW	Monongahela Power Co
26.9 mi	Lake Lynn Hydro Station Lake Lynn, PA	Hydroelectric	51 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
27.2 mi	Md Cdg 002 Oakland, MD	Solar	2 MW	Md Cdg 002 Llc
27.2 mi	Point Marion L&d Hydroelectric Project Point Marion, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
27.5 mi	Md Cdg 001 Oakland, MD	Solar	2 MW	Md Cdg 001 Llc
27.8 mi	Davis Solar (Wv) Davis, WV	Solar	—	Monongahela Power Co
28.1 mi	Tpe Md Ga140 Oakland, MD	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
28.9 mi	Gans Gans, PA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Gans Energy Llc
29.1 mi	Gans Solar Lake Lynn, PA	Solar	14 MW	Gans Solar, Llc
29.1 mi	Tpe Md Ga137 Oakland, MD	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
29.6 mi	Deep Creek Oakland, MD	Hydroelectric	20 MW	Bp Piney & Deep Creek Llc
30.0 mi	Garrett County - Dpu Treatment Plant Oakland, MD	Solar	1 MW	Tesla Inc.
30.5 mi	South Chestnut Llc Farmington, PA	Wind	50 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
31.3 mi	North Branch (Wv) Gormania, WV	Coal	—	Virginia Electric & Power Co
33.2 mi	Md - Cs - Potomac Edison Co - Ga29 Tpe Friendsville, MD	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
33.4 mi	Fair Wind Oakland, MD	Wind	30 MW	Fair Wind Power Partners, Llc
33.5 mi	Criterion Oakland, MD	Wind	70 MW	Criterion Power Partners Llc
33.9 mi	Grays Landing L&d Hydroelectric Project Masontown, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
35.7 mi	Mt Storm Mount Storm, WV	Coal	1,681 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
36.4 mi	Fayette Energy Facility Masontown, PA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Fayette Power Company, Llc
36.4 mi	Md - Cs - Potomac Edison Co - Ga25 Tpe ( Accident, MD	Solar	2 MW	Distributed Solar Development, Llc
38.3 mi	Nedpower Mount Storm Mount Storm, WV	Wind	264 MW	Clearway Energy Operating Llc
38.6 mi	Cpv Backbone Solar Swanton, MD	Solar	—	Cpv Backbone Solar, Llc
38.8 mi	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc Carmichaels, PA	Natural Gas	665 MW	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc
39.2 mi	Terrapin Hills Wind Farm Accident, MD	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
42.1 mi	New Creek Wind New Creek, WV	Wind	103 MW	New Creek Wind, Llc
42.9 mi	Black Rock Wind Elk Garden, WV	Wind	115 MW	Black Rock Wind Force, Llc
43.4 mi	Yough Hydro Power Confluence, PA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	D/R Hydro Co
44.0 mi	Listonburg Solar Addison Township, PA	Solar	15 MW	Listonburg Solar, Llc
45.6 mi	Pechin Solar Dunbar, PA	Solar	14 MW	Pechin Solar, Llc
46.3 mi	Maxwell L&d Hydroelectric Project Luzerne, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
47.6 mi	Pinnacle Wind Force Llc Keyser, WV	Wind	54 MW	Pinnacle Wind, Llc
47.8 mi	Ringer Hill Wind Farm, Llc Salisbury, PA	Wind	40 MW	Ringer Hill Wind Llc
48.6 mi	Mill Run Windpower Llc Mill Run, PA	Wind	15 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 50 power plants within 50 miles of Thornton, West Virginia (ZIP 26440), with a combined 8,455 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 50 nearby plants. The closest plant is Tygart Hydropower at 6.5 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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