Power Plants Near 26560 — Baxter, WV

50 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 26560 (Baxter, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.5440, -80.1423 · County: Marion

Coal 60%Natural Gas 34%Wind 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.7 mi	Grant Town Power Plant Grant Town, WV	Coal	96 MW	American Bituminous Power Lp
1.8 mi	Firstenergy Rivesville Rivesville, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
2.6 mi	Rivesville Solar Rivesville, WV	Solar	6 MW	Monongahela Power Co
5.1 mi	Opekiska L&d Hydroelectric Project Fairmont, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
10.6 mi	Morgantown L&d Hydroelectric Project Morgantown, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
11.7 mi	Morgantown Energy Facility Morgantown, WV	Natural Gas	69 MW	Morgantown Energy Associates
14.9 mi	Longview Power Plant Maidsville, WV	Coal	808 MW	Longview Power, Llc
15.0 mi	Firstenergy Harrison Power Station Haywood, WV	Coal	2,052 MW	Monongahela Power Co
15.3 mi	Fort Martin Solar Maidsville, WV	Solar	19 MW	Monongahela Power Co
16.2 mi	Firstenergy Fort Martin Power Station Maidsville, WV	Coal	1,152 MW	Monongahela Power Co
17.7 mi	Point Marion L&d Hydroelectric Project Point Marion, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
19.5 mi	Lake Lynn Hydro Station Lake Lynn, PA	Hydroelectric	51 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
19.6 mi	Tygart Hydropower Grafton, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Tygart Llc
20.2 mi	Wolf Summit Energy Clarksburg, WV	Natural Gas	—	Wolf Summit Energy Llc
21.4 mi	Gans Gans, PA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Gans Energy Llc
21.7 mi	Gans Solar Lake Lynn, PA	Solar	14 MW	Gans Solar, Llc
22.6 mi	Grays Landing L&d Hydroelectric Project Masontown, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
24.8 mi	Fayette Energy Facility Masontown, PA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Fayette Power Company, Llc
26.3 mi	South Chestnut Llc Farmington, PA	Wind	50 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
26.5 mi	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc Carmichaels, PA	Natural Gas	665 MW	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc
27.2 mi	Firstenergy Albright Albright, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
33.1 mi	Maxwell L&d Hydroelectric Project Luzerne, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
38.9 mi	Deep Creek Oakland, MD	Hydroelectric	20 MW	Bp Piney & Deep Creek Llc
39.0 mi	Long Ridge Energy Generation Hannibal, OH	Natural Gas	522 MW	Long Ridge Energy Generation Llc
39.1 mi	Pechin Solar Dunbar, PA	Solar	14 MW	Pechin Solar, Llc
39.4 mi	New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro New Martinsville, WV	Hydroelectric	37 MW	New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro
39.5 mi	Laurel Mountain Hybrid Belington, WV	Wind	114 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
40.0 mi	Garrett County - Dpu Treatment Plant Oakland, MD	Solar	1 MW	Tesla Inc.
40.3 mi	Md - Cs - Potomac Edison Co - Ga29 Tpe Friendsville, MD	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
40.4 mi	Axiall Natrium Plant New Martinsville, WV	Natural Gas	116 MW	Westlake Chemical Natrium Plant
40.8 mi	Mountaineer Wind Energy Center Thomas, WV	Wind	66 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
40.9 mi	Mitchell (Wv) Captina, WV	Coal	1,633 MW	Kentucky Power Co
41.1 mi	Md Cdg 002 Oakland, MD	Solar	2 MW	Md Cdg 002 Llc
41.2 mi	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	40 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc
41.4 mi	Md Cdg 001 Oakland, MD	Solar	2 MW	Md Cdg 001 Llc
41.7 mi	Tpe Md Ga140 Oakland, MD	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
41.7 mi	Roth Rock North Wind Farm, Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	10 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc
42.9 mi	Tpe Md Ga137 Oakland, MD	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
43.5 mi	Monongahela L&d4 Hydroelectric Project Charleroi, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
43.6 mi	Md - Cs - Potomac Edison Co - Ga25 Tpe ( Accident, MD	Solar	2 MW	Distributed Solar Development, Llc
44.0 mi	Terrapin Hills Wind Farm Accident, MD	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
44.9 mi	Yough Hydro Power Confluence, PA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	D/R Hydro Co
46.0 mi	Davis Solar (Wv) Davis, WV	Solar	—	Monongahela Power Co
46.2 mi	Waste Management Arden Lfgte Washington, PA	Biomass	5 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
46.4 mi	Fair Wind Oakland, MD	Wind	30 MW	Fair Wind Power Partners, Llc
46.5 mi	Criterion Oakland, MD	Wind	70 MW	Criterion Power Partners Llc
47.2 mi	Listonburg Solar Addison Township, PA	Solar	15 MW	Listonburg Solar, Llc
47.3 mi	Mill Run Windpower Llc Mill Run, PA	Wind	15 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
47.5 mi	North Branch (Wv) Gormania, WV	Coal	—	Virginia Electric & Power Co
49.6 mi	Tenaska Westmoreland Generating Station Smithton, PA	Natural Gas	1,134 MW	Tenaska Pennsylvania Partners, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 50 power plants within 50 miles of Baxter, West Virginia (ZIP 26560), with a combined 9,644 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 50 nearby plants. The closest plant is Grant Town Power Plant at 1.7 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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