Power Plants Near 26555 — Fairmont, WV

44 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 26555 (Fairmont, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.5143, -80.2185 · County: Marion

Coal 68%Natural Gas 26%Wind 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.4 mi	Grant Town Power Plant Grant Town, WV	Coal	96 MW	American Bituminous Power Lp
5.7 mi	Firstenergy Rivesville Rivesville, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
6.8 mi	Rivesville Solar Rivesville, WV	Solar	6 MW	Monongahela Power Co
9.6 mi	Opekiska L&d Hydroelectric Project Fairmont, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
10.9 mi	Firstenergy Harrison Power Station Haywood, WV	Coal	2,052 MW	Monongahela Power Co
15.2 mi	Morgantown L&d Hydroelectric Project Morgantown, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
16.2 mi	Morgantown Energy Facility Morgantown, WV	Natural Gas	69 MW	Morgantown Energy Associates
16.7 mi	Wolf Summit Energy Clarksburg, WV	Natural Gas	—	Wolf Summit Energy Llc
19.2 mi	Longview Power Plant Maidsville, WV	Coal	808 MW	Longview Power, Llc
19.6 mi	Fort Martin Solar Maidsville, WV	Solar	19 MW	Monongahela Power Co
19.7 mi	Tygart Hydropower Grafton, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Tygart Llc
20.6 mi	Firstenergy Fort Martin Power Station Maidsville, WV	Coal	1,152 MW	Monongahela Power Co
22.0 mi	Point Marion L&d Hydroelectric Project Point Marion, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
24.0 mi	Lake Lynn Hydro Station Lake Lynn, PA	Hydroelectric	51 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
25.8 mi	Gans Gans, PA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Gans Energy Llc
26.1 mi	Gans Solar Lake Lynn, PA	Solar	14 MW	Gans Solar, Llc
26.5 mi	Grays Landing L&d Hydroelectric Project Masontown, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
28.7 mi	Fayette Energy Facility Masontown, PA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Fayette Power Company, Llc
30.2 mi	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc Carmichaels, PA	Natural Gas	665 MW	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc
30.9 mi	South Chestnut Llc Farmington, PA	Wind	50 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
31.1 mi	Firstenergy Albright Albright, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
35.8 mi	Long Ridge Energy Generation Hannibal, OH	Natural Gas	522 MW	Long Ridge Energy Generation Llc
36.0 mi	New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro New Martinsville, WV	Hydroelectric	37 MW	New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro
36.4 mi	Maxwell L&d Hydroelectric Project Luzerne, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
37.5 mi	Axiall Natrium Plant New Martinsville, WV	Natural Gas	116 MW	Westlake Chemical Natrium Plant
38.5 mi	Mitchell (Wv) Captina, WV	Coal	1,633 MW	Kentucky Power Co
39.3 mi	Laurel Mountain Hybrid Belington, WV	Wind	114 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
42.9 mi	Deep Creek Oakland, MD	Hydroelectric	20 MW	Bp Piney & Deep Creek Llc
43.0 mi	Mountaineer Wind Energy Center Thomas, WV	Wind	66 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
43.4 mi	Pechin Solar Dunbar, PA	Solar	14 MW	Pechin Solar, Llc
44.0 mi	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	40 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc
44.0 mi	Garrett County - Dpu Treatment Plant Oakland, MD	Solar	1 MW	Tesla Inc.
44.5 mi	Md Cdg 002 Oakland, MD	Solar	2 MW	Md Cdg 002 Llc
44.6 mi	Md - Cs - Potomac Edison Co - Ga29 Tpe Friendsville, MD	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
44.7 mi	Roth Rock North Wind Farm, Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	10 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc
44.9 mi	Md Cdg 001 Oakland, MD	Solar	2 MW	Md Cdg 001 Llc
45.2 mi	Tpe Md Ga140 Oakland, MD	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
46.3 mi	Tpe Md Ga137 Oakland, MD	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
46.8 mi	Monongahela L&d4 Hydroelectric Project Charleroi, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
47.8 mi	Waste Management Arden Lfgte Washington, PA	Biomass	5 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
47.9 mi	Md - Cs - Potomac Edison Co - Ga25 Tpe ( Accident, MD	Solar	2 MW	Distributed Solar Development, Llc
48.3 mi	Davis Solar (Wv) Davis, WV	Solar	—	Monongahela Power Co
48.4 mi	Terrapin Hills Wind Farm Accident, MD	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
49.4 mi	Yough Hydro Power Confluence, PA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	D/R Hydro Co

Power generation near this area

There are 44 power plants within 50 miles of Fairmont, West Virginia (ZIP 26555), with a combined 8,381 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 44 nearby plants. The closest plant is Grant Town Power Plant at 4.4 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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