Power Plants Near 26506 — Morgantown, WV

59 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 26506 (Morgantown, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.6453, -79.9627 · County: Monongalia

Coal 63%Natural Gas 28%Wind 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.4 mi	Morgantown Energy Facility Morgantown, WV	Natural Gas	69 MW	Morgantown Energy Associates
1.8 mi	Morgantown L&d Hydroelectric Project Morgantown, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
4.3 mi	Longview Power Plant Maidsville, WV	Coal	808 MW	Longview Power, Llc
4.4 mi	Fort Martin Solar Maidsville, WV	Solar	19 MW	Monongahela Power Co
4.9 mi	Firstenergy Fort Martin Power Station Maidsville, WV	Coal	1,152 MW	Monongahela Power Co
6.3 mi	Point Marion L&d Hydroelectric Project Point Marion, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
7.3 mi	Opekiska L&d Hydroelectric Project Fairmont, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
7.7 mi	Lake Lynn Hydro Station Lake Lynn, PA	Hydroelectric	51 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
9.7 mi	Gans Gans, PA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Gans Energy Llc
9.9 mi	Gans Solar Lake Lynn, PA	Solar	14 MW	Gans Solar, Llc
10.2 mi	Rivesville Solar Rivesville, WV	Solar	6 MW	Monongahela Power Co
11.2 mi	Firstenergy Rivesville Rivesville, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
12.1 mi	Grant Town Power Plant Grant Town, WV	Coal	96 MW	American Bituminous Power Lp
12.5 mi	Grays Landing L&d Hydroelectric Project Masontown, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
14.5 mi	South Chestnut Llc Farmington, PA	Wind	50 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
15.0 mi	Fayette Energy Facility Masontown, PA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Fayette Power Company, Llc
17.2 mi	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc Carmichaels, PA	Natural Gas	665 MW	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc
20.5 mi	Firstenergy Albright Albright, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
24.7 mi	Maxwell L&d Hydroelectric Project Luzerne, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
25.4 mi	Tygart Hydropower Grafton, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Tygart Llc
26.7 mi	Firstenergy Harrison Power Station Haywood, WV	Coal	2,052 MW	Monongahela Power Co
27.6 mi	Pechin Solar Dunbar, PA	Solar	14 MW	Pechin Solar, Llc
30.5 mi	Deep Creek Oakland, MD	Hydroelectric	20 MW	Bp Piney & Deep Creek Llc
30.8 mi	Md - Cs - Potomac Edison Co - Ga29 Tpe Friendsville, MD	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
31.3 mi	Wolf Summit Energy Clarksburg, WV	Natural Gas	—	Wolf Summit Energy Llc
31.8 mi	Garrett County - Dpu Treatment Plant Oakland, MD	Solar	1 MW	Tesla Inc.
33.4 mi	Terrapin Hills Wind Farm Accident, MD	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
33.4 mi	Yough Hydro Power Confluence, PA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	D/R Hydro Co
33.9 mi	Md - Cs - Potomac Edison Co - Ga25 Tpe ( Accident, MD	Solar	2 MW	Distributed Solar Development, Llc
34.7 mi	Monongahela L&d4 Hydroelectric Project Charleroi, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
35.2 mi	Md Cdg 002 Oakland, MD	Solar	2 MW	Md Cdg 002 Llc
35.4 mi	Mill Run Windpower Llc Mill Run, PA	Wind	15 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
35.5 mi	Tpe Md Ga140 Oakland, MD	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
35.5 mi	Md Cdg 001 Oakland, MD	Solar	2 MW	Md Cdg 001 Llc
36.0 mi	Listonburg Solar Addison Township, PA	Solar	15 MW	Listonburg Solar, Llc
36.7 mi	Tpe Md Ga137 Oakland, MD	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
37.5 mi	Roth Rock North Wind Farm, Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	10 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc
37.8 mi	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	40 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc
39.2 mi	Mountaineer Wind Energy Center Thomas, WV	Wind	66 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
39.2 mi	Tenaska Westmoreland Generating Station Smithton, PA	Natural Gas	1,134 MW	Tenaska Pennsylvania Partners, Llc
39.5 mi	Fair Wind Oakland, MD	Wind	30 MW	Fair Wind Power Partners, Llc
39.5 mi	Criterion Oakland, MD	Wind	70 MW	Criterion Power Partners Llc
41.8 mi	Ringer Hill Wind Farm, Llc Salisbury, PA	Wind	40 MW	Ringer Hill Wind Llc
41.8 mi	Waste Management Arden Lfgte Washington, PA	Biomass	5 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
42.8 mi	North Branch (Wv) Gormania, WV	Coal	—	Virginia Electric & Power Co
42.9 mi	Hunker Solar River, Llc Ruffs Dale, PA	Solar	3 MW	Solriver Capital Llc
42.9 mi	Cpv Backbone Solar Swanton, MD	Solar	—	Cpv Backbone Solar, Llc
43.8 mi	Davis Solar (Wv) Davis, WV	Solar	—	Monongahela Power Co
44.3 mi	Laurel Mountain Hybrid Belington, WV	Wind	114 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
46.0 mi	Casselman Wind Power Project Garrett, PA	Wind	35 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
46.1 mi	Clairton Works Clairton, PA	Coal	31 MW	United States Steel- Clairton
47.1 mi	Mitchell (Wv) Captina, WV	Coal	1,633 MW	Kentucky Power Co
47.1 mi	Long Ridge Energy Generation Hannibal, OH	Natural Gas	522 MW	Long Ridge Energy Generation Llc
47.9 mi	Axiall Natrium Plant New Martinsville, WV	Natural Gas	116 MW	Westlake Chemical Natrium Plant
48.0 mi	New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro New Martinsville, WV	Hydroelectric	37 MW	New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro
48.3 mi	Mt Storm Mount Storm, WV	Coal	1,681 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
49.4 mi	Black Rock Wind Elk Garden, WV	Wind	115 MW	Black Rock Wind Force, Llc
49.5 mi	Green Mountain Storage, Llc Garrett, PA	Other Fossil	10 MW	Green Mountain Storage, Llc
49.9 mi	Nedpower Mount Storm Mount Storm, WV	Wind	264 MW	Clearway Energy Operating Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 59 power plants within 50 miles of Morgantown, West Virginia (ZIP 26506), with a combined 11,823 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 59 nearby plants. The closest plant is Morgantown Energy Facility at 0.4 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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