Power Plants Near 26447 — Walkersville, WV

5 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 26447 (Walkersville, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.8507, -80.4802 · County: Lewis

Coal 91%Wind 5%Hydroelectric 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
31.3 mi	Wolf Summit Energy Clarksburg, WV	Natural Gas	—	Wolf Summit Energy Llc
33.7 mi	Laurel Mountain Hybrid Belington, WV	Wind	114 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
37.7 mi	Firstenergy Harrison Power Station Haywood, WV	Coal	2,052 MW	Monongahela Power Co
38.9 mi	Tygart Hydropower Grafton, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Tygart Llc
48.9 mi	Gauley River Power Partners Summersville, WV	Hydroelectric	80 MW	Central Rivers Power Wv, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 5 power plants within 50 miles of Walkersville, West Virginia (ZIP 26447), with a combined 2,246 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 2 of the 5 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wolf Summit Energy at 31.3 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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