Power Plants Near 26566 — Colfax, WV

48 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 26566 (Colfax, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.4348, -80.1317 · County: Marion

Coal 73%Natural Gas 21%Wind 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.7 mi	Firstenergy Rivesville Rivesville, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
7.5 mi	Rivesville Solar Rivesville, WV	Solar	6 MW	Monongahela Power Co
8.9 mi	Grant Town Power Plant Grant Town, WV	Coal	96 MW	American Bituminous Power Lp
10.0 mi	Opekiska L&d Hydroelectric Project Fairmont, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
11.3 mi	Firstenergy Harrison Power Station Haywood, WV	Coal	2,052 MW	Monongahela Power Co
12.6 mi	Tygart Hydropower Grafton, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Tygart Llc
14.4 mi	Wolf Summit Energy Clarksburg, WV	Natural Gas	—	Wolf Summit Energy Llc
15.5 mi	Morgantown L&d Hydroelectric Project Morgantown, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
16.8 mi	Morgantown Energy Facility Morgantown, WV	Natural Gas	69 MW	Morgantown Energy Associates
21.0 mi	Longview Power Plant Maidsville, WV	Coal	808 MW	Longview Power, Llc
21.2 mi	Fort Martin Solar Maidsville, WV	Solar	19 MW	Monongahela Power Co
22.0 mi	Firstenergy Fort Martin Power Station Maidsville, WV	Coal	1,152 MW	Monongahela Power Co
23.4 mi	Point Marion L&d Hydroelectric Project Point Marion, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
24.6 mi	Lake Lynn Hydro Station Lake Lynn, PA	Hydroelectric	51 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
26.6 mi	Gans Gans, PA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Gans Energy Llc
26.7 mi	Firstenergy Albright Albright, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
26.9 mi	Gans Solar Lake Lynn, PA	Solar	14 MW	Gans Solar, Llc
29.1 mi	Grays Landing L&d Hydroelectric Project Masontown, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
30.7 mi	South Chestnut Llc Farmington, PA	Wind	50 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
31.4 mi	Fayette Energy Facility Masontown, PA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Fayette Power Company, Llc
32.3 mi	Laurel Mountain Hybrid Belington, WV	Wind	114 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
33.4 mi	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc Carmichaels, PA	Natural Gas	665 MW	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc
36.2 mi	Mountaineer Wind Energy Center Thomas, WV	Wind	66 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
37.6 mi	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	40 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc
38.6 mi	Roth Rock North Wind Farm, Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	10 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc
38.8 mi	Deep Creek Oakland, MD	Hydroelectric	20 MW	Bp Piney & Deep Creek Llc
39.1 mi	Md Cdg 002 Oakland, MD	Solar	2 MW	Md Cdg 002 Llc
39.4 mi	Md Cdg 001 Oakland, MD	Solar	2 MW	Md Cdg 001 Llc
39.7 mi	Garrett County - Dpu Treatment Plant Oakland, MD	Solar	1 MW	Tesla Inc.
39.9 mi	Tpe Md Ga140 Oakland, MD	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
40.3 mi	Maxwell L&d Hydroelectric Project Luzerne, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
41.0 mi	Tpe Md Ga137 Oakland, MD	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
41.2 mi	Md - Cs - Potomac Edison Co - Ga29 Tpe Friendsville, MD	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
41.6 mi	Davis Solar (Wv) Davis, WV	Solar	—	Monongahela Power Co
42.2 mi	New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro New Martinsville, WV	Hydroelectric	37 MW	New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro
42.3 mi	Long Ridge Energy Generation Hannibal, OH	Natural Gas	522 MW	Long Ridge Energy Generation Llc
44.1 mi	Axiall Natrium Plant New Martinsville, WV	Natural Gas	116 MW	Westlake Chemical Natrium Plant
44.4 mi	North Branch (Wv) Gormania, WV	Coal	—	Virginia Electric & Power Co
44.5 mi	Md - Cs - Potomac Edison Co - Ga25 Tpe ( Accident, MD	Solar	2 MW	Distributed Solar Development, Llc
44.7 mi	Pechin Solar Dunbar, PA	Solar	14 MW	Pechin Solar, Llc
44.9 mi	Fair Wind Oakland, MD	Wind	30 MW	Fair Wind Power Partners, Llc
45.0 mi	Criterion Oakland, MD	Wind	70 MW	Criterion Power Partners Llc
45.5 mi	Mitchell (Wv) Captina, WV	Coal	1,633 MW	Kentucky Power Co
45.8 mi	Terrapin Hills Wind Farm Accident, MD	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
47.9 mi	Yough Hydro Power Confluence, PA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	D/R Hydro Co
49.1 mi	Mt Storm Mount Storm, WV	Coal	1,681 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
49.6 mi	Cpv Backbone Solar Swanton, MD	Solar	—	Cpv Backbone Solar, Llc
49.6 mi	Listonburg Solar Addison Township, PA	Solar	15 MW	Listonburg Solar, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 48 power plants within 50 miles of Colfax, West Virginia (ZIP 26566), with a combined 10,172 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 48 nearby plants. The closest plant is Firstenergy Rivesville at 6.7 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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