Power Plants Near 26705 — Aurora, WV

59 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 26705 (Aurora, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.3181, -79.5764 · County: Preston

Coal 67%Natural Gas 17%Wind 14%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.3 mi	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	40 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc
7.9 mi	Roth Rock North Wind Farm, Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	10 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc
9.6 mi	Mountaineer Wind Energy Center Thomas, WV	Wind	66 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
10.0 mi	Md Cdg 002 Oakland, MD	Solar	2 MW	Md Cdg 002 Llc
10.3 mi	Md Cdg 001 Oakland, MD	Solar	2 MW	Md Cdg 001 Llc
11.2 mi	Tpe Md Ga140 Oakland, MD	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
11.9 mi	Tpe Md Ga137 Oakland, MD	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
12.2 mi	Firstenergy Albright Albright, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
13.3 mi	Davis Solar (Wv) Davis, WV	Solar	—	Monongahela Power Co
13.7 mi	North Branch (Wv) Gormania, WV	Coal	—	Virginia Electric & Power Co
16.2 mi	Garrett County - Dpu Treatment Plant Oakland, MD	Solar	1 MW	Tesla Inc.
16.4 mi	Fair Wind Oakland, MD	Wind	30 MW	Fair Wind Power Partners, Llc
16.4 mi	Criterion Oakland, MD	Wind	70 MW	Criterion Power Partners Llc
16.6 mi	Deep Creek Oakland, MD	Hydroelectric	20 MW	Bp Piney & Deep Creek Llc
18.6 mi	Mt Storm Mount Storm, WV	Coal	1,681 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
20.8 mi	Nedpower Mount Storm Mount Storm, WV	Wind	264 MW	Clearway Energy Operating Llc
21.6 mi	Md - Cs - Potomac Edison Co - Ga29 Tpe Friendsville, MD	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
21.8 mi	Cpv Backbone Solar Swanton, MD	Solar	—	Cpv Backbone Solar, Llc
23.3 mi	Tygart Hydropower Grafton, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Tygart Llc
24.0 mi	Md - Cs - Potomac Edison Co - Ga25 Tpe ( Accident, MD	Solar	2 MW	Distributed Solar Development, Llc
24.7 mi	New Creek Wind New Creek, WV	Wind	103 MW	New Creek Wind, Llc
25.2 mi	Black Rock Wind Elk Garden, WV	Wind	115 MW	Black Rock Wind Force, Llc
27.2 mi	Laurel Mountain Hybrid Belington, WV	Wind	114 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
28.6 mi	Terrapin Hills Wind Farm Accident, MD	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
29.5 mi	Morgantown L&d Hydroelectric Project Morgantown, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
30.2 mi	Morgantown Energy Facility Morgantown, WV	Natural Gas	69 MW	Morgantown Energy Associates
30.5 mi	Pinnacle Wind Force Llc Keyser, WV	Wind	54 MW	Pinnacle Wind, Llc
30.5 mi	Opekiska L&d Hydroelectric Project Fairmont, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
31.0 mi	South Chestnut Llc Farmington, PA	Wind	50 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
31.5 mi	Lake Lynn Hydro Station Lake Lynn, PA	Hydroelectric	51 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
31.6 mi	Rivesville Solar Rivesville, WV	Solar	6 MW	Monongahela Power Co
32.2 mi	Firstenergy Rivesville Rivesville, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
32.8 mi	Gans Gans, PA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Gans Energy Llc
32.9 mi	Gans Solar Lake Lynn, PA	Solar	14 MW	Gans Solar, Llc
33.0 mi	Firstenergy Fort Martin Power Station Maidsville, WV	Coal	1,152 MW	Monongahela Power Co
33.4 mi	Point Marion L&d Hydroelectric Project Point Marion, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
33.5 mi	Fort Martin Solar Maidsville, WV	Solar	19 MW	Monongahela Power Co
33.8 mi	Longview Power Plant Maidsville, WV	Coal	808 MW	Longview Power, Llc
34.1 mi	Listonburg Solar Addison Township, PA	Solar	15 MW	Listonburg Solar, Llc
35.2 mi	Yough Hydro Power Confluence, PA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	D/R Hydro Co
35.6 mi	Grant Town Power Plant Grant Town, WV	Coal	96 MW	American Bituminous Power Lp
36.0 mi	Ringer Hill Wind Farm, Llc Salisbury, PA	Wind	40 MW	Ringer Hill Wind Llc
37.5 mi	Fourmile Ridge Frostburg, MD	Wind	40 MW	Fourmile Wind Energy, Llc
38.6 mi	Jade Meadow Llc Midland, MD	Solar	20 MW	Jade Meadow Llc
39.5 mi	Grays Landing L&d Hydroelectric Project Masontown, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
40.0 mi	Wolf Summit Energy Clarksburg, WV	Natural Gas	—	Wolf Summit Energy Llc
40.7 mi	Firstenergy Harrison Power Station Haywood, WV	Coal	2,052 MW	Monongahela Power Co
41.4 mi	Dans Mountain Frostburg, MD	Wind	—	Dans Mountain Wind Force, Llc
41.6 mi	Fayette Energy Facility Masontown, PA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Fayette Power Company, Llc
42.3 mi	Mill Run Windpower Llc Mill Run, PA	Wind	15 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
43.5 mi	Casselman Wind Power Project Garrett, PA	Wind	35 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
44.2 mi	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc Carmichaels, PA	Natural Gas	665 MW	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc
44.6 mi	Pechin Solar Dunbar, PA	Solar	14 MW	Pechin Solar, Llc
44.8 mi	Meyersdale Windpower, Llc Meyersdale, PA	Wind	30 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
45.6 mi	Green Mountain Storage, Llc Garrett, PA	Other Fossil	10 MW	Green Mountain Storage, Llc
46.1 mi	Meyersdale Battery Meyersdale, PA	Other Fossil	18 MW	Glidepath Power Operations Llc
48.2 mi	Aes Warrior Run Energy Storage Project Cumberland, MD	Other Fossil	11 MW	Aes Tait Llc
48.3 mi	Aes Warrior Run Cogeneration Facility Cumberland, MD	Coal	229 MW	Aes Wr Ltd Partnership
48.3 mi	Twin Ridges Wind Farm Meyersdale, PA	Wind	139 MW	Exus Pennsylvania Wind Holdings

Power generation near this area

There are 59 power plants within 50 miles of Aurora, West Virginia (ZIP 26705), with a combined 8,987 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 19 of the 59 nearby plants. The closest plant is Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc at 7.3 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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