Power Plants Near 27516 — Chapel Hill, NC

100 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 27516 (Chapel Hill, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.9162, -79.0999 · County: Orange

Coal 66%Nuclear 24%Solar 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.2 mi	Univ Of Nc Chapel Hill Cogen Facility Chapel Hill, NC	Natural Gas	32 MW	University Of North Carolina
2.8 mi	Unc-Ch Lfg Facility Chapel Hill, NC	Natural Gas	—	University Of North Carolina
5.0 mi	White Cross Farm Chapel Hill, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
6.5 mi	Vickers Chapel Hill, NC	Solar	2 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
7.1 mi	Farrington Farm Chapel Hill, NC	Solar	1 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
12.6 mi	Stout Farm Mebane, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
12.7 mi	Xpf Solar Field Durham, NC	Solar	3 MW	United Therapeutics Corporation
12.8 mi	Haw River Hydro Saxapahaw, NC	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Haw River Hydro Co
13.8 mi	Arborgate Solar Pittsboro, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
14.1 mi	Ouchchy Pv1 Mebane, NC	Solar	3 MW	Ecoplexus, Inc
14.2 mi	Oakwood Solar Mebane, NC	Solar	5 MW	Oakwood Solar, Llc
14.8 mi	Minnie Solar Graham, NC	Solar	3 MW	Minnie Solar Llc
15.3 mi	Durham Solar Durham, NC	Solar	4 MW	Sre Utility Solar 1, Llc
15.6 mi	Mas Durham Power, Llc Durham, NC	Biomass	2 MW	Mas Durham Power, Llc
15.9 mi	Tinker (Nc) Moncure, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
16.3 mi	Southwick Solar Graham, NC	Solar	3 MW	Southwick Solar, Llc
17.5 mi	Bakatsias Solar Haw River, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
18.2 mi	Jordan Hydroelectric Project Moncure, NC	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Jordan Hydroelectric Ltd Ptp
18.5 mi	Snow Camp Solar, Llc Snow Camp, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
19.1 mi	Star Solar Durham, NC	Solar	5 MW	Star Solar Llc
19.7 mi	Elliana Solar Burlington, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
20.8 mi	Quaker Creek Farm Solar Burlington, NC	Solar	—	Quaker Creek Farm Solar, Llc
20.8 mi	Sas Solar Farm Cary, NC	Solar	2 MW	Sas Institute Inc
21.1 mi	Harris New Hill, NC	Nuclear	951 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
21.3 mi	Milo Solar Burlington, NC	Solar	3 MW	Milo Solar Llc
21.7 mi	Wake County Lfg Facility Apex, NC	Biomass	9 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
22.4 mi	Cape Fear Moncure, NC	Coal	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
22.8 mi	Siler 421 Farm, Llc Siler City, NC	Solar	5 MW	Heelstone Energy Holdings, Llc
23.0 mi	Flatwood Farm Moncure, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
23.3 mi	Mile Farm Rougemont, NC	Solar	5 MW	Palmetto Power Management Llc
23.5 mi	Pike Road Solar Siler City, NC	Solar	—	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
24.3 mi	Moncure Farm Llc Moncure, NC	Solar	3 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
24.7 mi	Century Drive Solar Farm Raleigh, NC	Solar	1 MW	J.t. Hobby And Son, Inc.
25.4 mi	Cohen Farm Solar, Llc Sanford, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
25.4 mi	Facile Solar Elon, NC	Solar	2 MW	Facile Solar Llc
25.5 mi	Ncsu Cates Cogeneration Plant Raleigh, NC	Natural Gas	11 MW	Nc State University, Energy Systems
25.5 mi	Meadowlark Solar Dunn, NC	Solar	5 MW	Meadowlark Solar, Llc
25.6 mi	Nick Solar Liberty, NC	Solar	5 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
25.8 mi	Ncsu Ccup Cogeneration Plant Raleigh, NC	Natural Gas	7 MW	Nc State University, Energy Systems
25.8 mi	Siler City Solar 2 Siler City, NC	Solar	5 MW	Siler City Solar 2, Llc
25.9 mi	Kendall Farm Liberty, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
26.3 mi	West Siler Siler City, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
26.5 mi	Pcsp3 Airport Timberlake, NC	Solar	3 MW	Carolina Solar Energy Llc
26.5 mi	South Cary Wrf Solar Array Apex, NC	Solar	2 MW	Town Of Cary
27.0 mi	Henry Farm Liberty, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
27.1 mi	Ridgeback Liberty, NC	Solar	2 MW	Ridgeback Solar, Llc
27.4 mi	Cotten Farm, Llc Sanford, NC	Solar	5 MW	Heelstone Energy Holdings, Llc
27.4 mi	Manning Pv 1 Elon, NC	Solar	5 MW	Ecoplexus, Inc
28.4 mi	Pcip Solar Timberlake, NC	Solar	1 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
28.8 mi	Charlie Julian, NC	Solar	4 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
28.9 mi	Lotus Elon, NC	Solar	4 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
29.3 mi	Beth Julian, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
30.6 mi	Osceola Solar, Llc Elon, NC	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
30.8 mi	Creech Solar 2, Llc Garner, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
31.0 mi	Boaz Farm Solar Sanford, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cd Global Solar Holdings, Llc
31.5 mi	West River Solar, Llc Mcleansville, NC	Solar	—	West River Solar, Llc
31.7 mi	Cougar Solar, Llc Sanford, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cougar Solar, Llc
31.7 mi	Broadway Road Solar, Llc Sanford, NC	Solar	2 MW	Broadway Road Solar, Llc
31.9 mi	Big Boy Gibsonville, NC	Solar	3 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
31.9 mi	Balsam Sanford, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sre Utility Solar 1, Llc
32.0 mi	Sweetgum Solar Sanford, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sre Utility Solar 1, Llc
32.1 mi	Sunfish Farm Willow Spring, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
32.3 mi	Elm Solar, Llc Sanford, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sre Utility Solar 1, Llc
32.4 mi	Kathleen Solar Fuquay Varina, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sol Systems
32.5 mi	Bear Creek Solar (Nc) Bear Creek, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
32.7 mi	Fuquay Farm Middle Creek Township, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
33.2 mi	Climax Solar Randolph, NC	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
33.3 mi	Walkers Crossroads Bess Wake Forest, NC	Battery Storage	5 MW	North Carolina El Member Corp
33.8 mi	1025 Traveller Solar, Llc Sanford, NC	Solar	5 MW	Ci-Ii Mitchell Holding Llc
33.9 mi	Angier Farm Angier, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
35.0 mi	Peake Road Oxford, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
36.2 mi	Cbc Solar Energy Gen Fac Phase 2 Garner, NC	Solar	3 MW	Cbc Alternative Energy, Llc
36.4 mi	Husky Solar Reidsville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
36.4 mi	Neuse River Solar Farm Raleigh, NC	Solar	1 MW	Scale Sustainable I, Llc
36.5 mi	Yanceyville Farm 2 Llc Blanch, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
36.7 mi	Currin Solar, Llc Oxford, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
36.7 mi	Perkins Solar, Llc Roxboro, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
36.9 mi	Murdock Solar Clayton, NC	Solar	4 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
37.0 mi	Page Solar Willow Spring, NC	Solar	2 MW	Page Solar Farm, Llc
37.2 mi	White Street Renewables Greensboro, NC	Biomass	5 MW	White Street Renewables Llc
37.4 mi	Knightdale Battery Knightdale, NC	Battery Storage	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
37.5 mi	Yanceyville Farm Blanch, NC	Solar	5 MW	Palmetto Power Management Llc
37.5 mi	Hce Johnston I, Llc Willow Springs, NC	Solar	2 MW	Hce Johnston I, Llc
37.8 mi	Meriwether Farm Oxford, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
37.9 mi	Wake Rj3 Solar Energy Storage Wake Forest, NC	Solar	1 MW	North Carolina El Member Corp
38.0 mi	Church Road Solar Llc Angier, NC	Solar	5 MW	Mn8 Energy Llc
38.0 mi	Yanceyville Farm 3, Llc Blanch, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
38.1 mi	Five Points Bess Asheboro, NC	Battery Storage	5 MW	North Carolina El Member Corp
38.2 mi	Millikan Farm Randleman, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
38.3 mi	Wagstaff Farm 1 Roxboro, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
38.6 mi	Abd Farms Asheboro, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
38.7 mi	Moore Solar Reidsville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Moore Solar, Llc
38.8 mi	Woodsdale Farm, Llc Roxboro, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cardinal Renewables
38.9 mi	Roxboro Solar Farm, Llc Oxford, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
39.0 mi	Jacob Solar Reidsville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
39.1 mi	Clovelly Solar Lillington, NC	Solar	5 MW	Clovelly Solar, Llc
39.2 mi	Roxboro Semora, NC	Coal	2,558 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
39.3 mi	Hyco Solar Llc Semora, NC	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
40.0 mi	Tanager Holdings Asheboro, NC	Solar	5 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
40.1 mi	Changeup Asheboro, NC	Solar	2 MW	Strata Manager, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 100 power plants within 50 miles of Chapel Hill, North Carolina (ZIP 27516), with a combined 3,902 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 85 of the 100 nearby plants. The closest plant is Univ Of Nc Chapel Hill Cogen Facility at 2.2 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 North Carolina, visit the North Carolina state page.

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