Power Plants Near 26717 — Elk Garden, WV

59 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 26717 (Elk Garden, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.3631, -79.1539 · County: Mineral

Coal 69%Wind 24%Natural Gas 3%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.5 mi	Black Rock Wind Elk Garden, WV	Wind	115 MW	Black Rock Wind Force, Llc
6.0 mi	Cpv Backbone Solar Swanton, MD	Solar	—	Cpv Backbone Solar, Llc
7.8 mi	Criterion Oakland, MD	Wind	70 MW	Criterion Power Partners Llc
7.9 mi	Fair Wind Oakland, MD	Wind	30 MW	Fair Wind Power Partners, Llc
8.7 mi	Pinnacle Wind Force Llc Keyser, WV	Wind	54 MW	Pinnacle Wind, Llc
10.5 mi	Nedpower Mount Storm Mount Storm, WV	Wind	264 MW	Clearway Energy Operating Llc
11.2 mi	New Creek Wind New Creek, WV	Wind	103 MW	New Creek Wind, Llc
11.5 mi	Tpe Md Ga137 Oakland, MD	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
11.7 mi	North Branch (Wv) Gormania, WV	Coal	—	Virginia Electric & Power Co
12.6 mi	Tpe Md Ga140 Oakland, MD	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
12.7 mi	Mt Storm Mount Storm, WV	Coal	1,681 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
13.0 mi	Md Cdg 001 Oakland, MD	Solar	2 MW	Md Cdg 001 Llc
13.4 mi	Md Cdg 002 Oakland, MD	Solar	2 MW	Md Cdg 002 Llc
15.9 mi	Roth Rock North Wind Farm, Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	10 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc
16.1 mi	Garrett County - Dpu Treatment Plant Oakland, MD	Solar	1 MW	Tesla Inc.
17.7 mi	Deep Creek Oakland, MD	Hydroelectric	20 MW	Bp Piney & Deep Creek Llc
18.4 mi	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	40 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc
19.3 mi	Md - Cs - Potomac Edison Co - Ga25 Tpe ( Accident, MD	Solar	2 MW	Distributed Solar Development, Llc
19.5 mi	Jade Meadow Llc Midland, MD	Solar	20 MW	Jade Meadow Llc
20.3 mi	Md - Cs - Potomac Edison Co - Ga29 Tpe Friendsville, MD	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
20.7 mi	Fourmile Ridge Frostburg, MD	Wind	40 MW	Fourmile Wind Energy, Llc
21.1 mi	Davis Solar (Wv) Davis, WV	Solar	—	Monongahela Power Co
21.6 mi	Dans Mountain Frostburg, MD	Wind	—	Dans Mountain Wind Force, Llc
24.0 mi	Mountaineer Wind Energy Center Thomas, WV	Wind	66 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
24.5 mi	Terrapin Hills Wind Farm Accident, MD	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
26.4 mi	Ringer Hill Wind Farm, Llc Salisbury, PA	Wind	40 MW	Ringer Hill Wind Llc
27.0 mi	Aes Warrior Run Energy Storage Project Cumberland, MD	Other Fossil	11 MW	Aes Tait Llc
27.1 mi	Aes Warrior Run Cogeneration Facility Cumberland, MD	Coal	229 MW	Aes Wr Ltd Partnership
27.2 mi	Firstenergy Albright Albright, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
27.9 mi	Capon Bridge Solar Llc Augusta, WV	Solar	20 MW	Capon Bridge Solar Llc
28.9 mi	Listonburg Solar Addison Township, PA	Solar	15 MW	Listonburg Solar, Llc
30.6 mi	Meyersdale Windpower, Llc Meyersdale, PA	Wind	30 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
31.2 mi	Twin Ridges Wind Farm Meyersdale, PA	Wind	139 MW	Exus Pennsylvania Wind Holdings
32.4 mi	Yough Hydro Power Confluence, PA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	D/R Hydro Co
32.9 mi	Meyersdale Battery Meyersdale, PA	Other Fossil	18 MW	Glidepath Power Operations Llc
33.6 mi	Mason Dixon Wind Farm Meyersdale, PA	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
33.7 mi	Casselman Wind Power Project Garrett, PA	Wind	35 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
34.0 mi	Green Mountain Storage, Llc Garrett, PA	Other Fossil	10 MW	Green Mountain Storage, Llc
36.7 mi	Parks Valley Energy Llc Capon Bridge, WV	Battery Storage	—	Parks Valley Energy Llc
37.8 mi	Lookout Windpower Llc Berlin, PA	Wind	38 MW	Lookout Windpower, Llc
40.1 mi	Mill Run Windpower Llc Mill Run, PA	Wind	15 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
40.6 mi	South Chestnut Llc Farmington, PA	Wind	50 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
43.2 mi	Somerset Windpower Llc Ohiopyle, PA	Wind	9 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
44.8 mi	Lake Lynn Hydro Station Lake Lynn, PA	Hydroelectric	51 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
44.9 mi	Glades Pike Generation Plant Somerset, PA	Biomass	3 MW	State Correctnl Inst Laurel Highlands
45.1 mi	Gans Solar Lake Lynn, PA	Solar	14 MW	Gans Solar, Llc
45.1 mi	Gans Gans, PA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Gans Energy Llc
46.1 mi	Tygart Hydropower Grafton, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Tygart Llc
46.3 mi	Laurel Mountain Hybrid Belington, WV	Wind	114 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
46.9 mi	Morgantown L&d Hydroelectric Project Morgantown, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
47.1 mi	Morgantown Energy Facility Morgantown, WV	Natural Gas	69 MW	Morgantown Energy Associates
47.5 mi	Point Marion L&d Hydroelectric Project Point Marion, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
47.7 mi	Firstenergy Fort Martin Power Station Maidsville, WV	Coal	1,152 MW	Monongahela Power Co
48.6 mi	Fort Martin Solar Maidsville, WV	Solar	19 MW	Monongahela Power Co
48.9 mi	Pechin Solar Dunbar, PA	Solar	14 MW	Pechin Solar, Llc
49.1 mi	Longview Power Plant Maidsville, WV	Coal	808 MW	Longview Power, Llc
49.5 mi	Stony Creek Wind Farm Llc Berlin, PA	Wind	53 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
49.8 mi	Randolf Solar Mount Jackson, VA	Solar	3 MW	Randolf Solar Partners Llc
49.9 mi	Opekiska L&d Hydroelectric Project Fairmont, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development

Power generation near this area

There are 59 power plants within 50 miles of Elk Garden, West Virginia (ZIP 26717), with a combined 5,580 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 23 of the 59 nearby plants. The closest plant is Black Rock Wind at 2.5 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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