Power Plants Near 26621 — Flatwoods, WV

8 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 26621 (Flatwoods, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.7232, -80.6498 · County: Braxton

Coal 81%Wind 11%Hydroelectric 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
37.2 mi	Gauley River Power Partners Summersville, WV	Hydroelectric	80 MW	Central Rivers Power Wv, Llc
42.3 mi	Beech Ridge Ii Wind Energy Center Rupert, WV	Wind	56 MW	Southern Power Co
42.7 mi	Wolf Summit Energy Clarksburg, WV	Natural Gas	—	Wolf Summit Energy Llc
44.7 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Llc Rupert, WV	Wind	101 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
44.7 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Storage Rupert, WV	Other Fossil	32 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
45.5 mi	Laurel Mountain Hybrid Belington, WV	Wind	114 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
48.7 mi	Firstenergy Harrison Power Station Haywood, WV	Coal	2,052 MW	Monongahela Power Co
48.9 mi	Hawks Nest Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	102 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 8 power plants within 50 miles of Flatwoods, West Virginia (ZIP 26621), with a combined 2,536 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 3 of the 8 nearby plants. The closest plant is Gauley River Power Partners at 37.2 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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