Power Plants Near 28098 — Lowell, NC

100 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28098 (Lowell, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.2655, -81.0960 · County: Gaston

Natural Gas 37%Nuclear 36%Coal 19%Hydroelectric 4%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.5 mi	Gaston Memorial Hospital Gastonia, NC	Oil	2 MW	City Of Gastonia
3.2 mi	Gastonia Rankin Lake Gastonia, NC	Oil	—	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
3.6 mi	Gastonia Duke Street Gastonia, NC	Oil	—	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
3.6 mi	Auten Road Farm, Llc Gastonia, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
4.1 mi	Long Creek Waste Water Plant Dallas, NC	Oil	5 MW	City Of Gastonia
4.5 mi	Gaston Solar Power Plant Cherryville Township, NC	Solar	25 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
5.8 mi	De Solar 10240 Old Dowd Rd Charlotte, NC	Solar	2 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
5.8 mi	Gastonia Solar Center Gastonia, NC	Solar	4 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
5.8 mi	Reventure Park Charlotte, NC	Biomass	4 MW	Clean Energy Llc
6.4 mi	Gastonia, Tulip Drive Gastonia, NC	Oil	5 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
6.9 mi	Gastonia Prime Power Park Dallas, NC	Oil	12 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
7.0 mi	De Solar 1725 Drywall Dr Mt. Holly, NC	Solar	1 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
7.1 mi	G G Allen Belmont, NC	Coal	435 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
7.5 mi	Mariposa Solar Center Llc Stanley, NC	Solar	5 MW	Heelstone Energy Holdings, Llc
7.8 mi	Mountain Island Mount Holly, NC	Hydroelectric	60 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
9.2 mi	Hornet Solar Gaston, NC	Solar	—	Hornet Solar Llc
9.3 mi	Gaston County Renewable Energy Center Dallas, NC	Biomass	4 MW	Gaston County Solid Waste And Recycling Division
9.5 mi	Riverbend Mount Holly, NC	Coal	—	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
10.7 mi	High Shoals Hydro (Nc) High Shoals, NC	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
11.4 mi	High Shoals Pv1 High Shoals, NC	Solar	16 MW	Pine Gate Renewables
12.0 mi	Lincoln Combustion Stanley, NC	Natural Gas	1,754 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
12.4 mi	Mcdowell Creek Solar Llc Huntersville, NC	Solar	—	Mcdowell Creek Solar Llc
12.5 mi	Freemont Solar Center Llc Stanley, NC	Solar	5 MW	Heelstone Energy Holdings, Llc
13.6 mi	Battleground Kings Mountain, NC	Solar	4 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
13.7 mi	York Road Solar I, Llc Kings Mountain, NC	Solar	2 MW	Sre Utility Solar 1, Llc
14.0 mi	Cowans Ford Stanley, NC	Hydroelectric	350 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
14.3 mi	Mcguire Huntersville, NC	Nuclear	2,441 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
14.9 mi	Catawba York, SC	Nuclear	2,410 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
15.7 mi	Kings Mountain Energy Center Kings Mountain, NC	Natural Gas	544 MW	Carolina Power Partners, Llc
16.0 mi	Orbit Energy Charlotte Charlotte, NC	Biomass	5 MW	Anaergia
16.9 mi	Huntersville Delivery No 2 Huntersville, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
17.4 mi	Lincolnton High School Lincolnton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
17.6 mi	Wylie Fort Mill, SC	Hydroelectric	60 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
17.8 mi	Cherryville City Hall Cherryville, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
17.8 mi	Pineville Delivery 2 Pineville, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
18.2 mi	Innovative Solar 23 Kings Mountain, NC	Solar	2 MW	Sre Utility Solar 1, Llc
18.3 mi	Dixon Dairy Road Solar Kings Mountain, NC	Solar	4 MW	Palmetto Power Management Llc
18.9 mi	Lux Solar, Llc Kings Mountain, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
18.9 mi	231 Dixon 74 Solar I, Llc Kings Mountain, NC	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
19.3 mi	Cleveland Cnty Generating Facility Kings Mountain, NC	Natural Gas	736 MW	Southern Power Co
19.6 mi	Waco Farm Waco, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
19.6 mi	Haynes Farm Lincolnton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
20.2 mi	Roper Farm, Llc Grover, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
20.2 mi	Cornelius Delivery No 1 Cornelius, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
20.3 mi	Mill Creek (Sc) Blacksburg, SC	Natural Gas	799 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
21.4 mi	Sediver York, SC	Oil	3 MW	Central Electric Power
22.4 mi	Maiden Community Center Maiden, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
22.7 mi	Maiden Finger Street Maiden, NC	Oil	—	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
23.0 mi	Maiden Creek Solar Power Plant Maiden, NC	Solar	69 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
23.1 mi	Sid Solar I, Llc Shelby, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sre Utility Solar 1, Llc
23.3 mi	County Home Solar Center, Llc Shelby, NC	Solar	2 MW	Heelstone Energy Holdings, Llc
23.7 mi	Hutchinson Farm Shelby, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
23.9 mi	Apex Nc Solar Lawndale, NC	Solar	—	Apex Nc Solar, Llc
24.0 mi	Apple Data Center Pv Maiden, NC	Solar	21 MW	Apple, Inc
24.1 mi	Marshall (Nc) Terrell, NC	Coal	2,119 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
24.2 mi	Shelby, Toms Street Shelby, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
24.3 mi	Apple Data Center - Fuel Cell 1&2 Maiden, NC	Natural Gas	—	Apple, Inc
24.6 mi	Concord Energy Concord, NC	Biomass	10 MW	Concord Energy Llc
24.9 mi	Grs Cms Concord, NC	Biomass	5 MW	Gas Recovery Systems Inc
25.4 mi	Sigmon Catawba Farm Newton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
25.4 mi	Owen Solar Lincolnton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Owen Solar Llc
25.4 mi	Apple One Newton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
26.0 mi	Thermal Kem Rock Hill, SC	Oil	3 MW	Central Electric Power
26.3 mi	232 Long Branch 29 Solar I, Llc Shelby, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cardinal Renewables
26.5 mi	Lafayette Solar I, Llc Shelby, NC	Solar	2 MW	Sre Utility Solar 1, Llc
26.7 mi	Neisler Street Solar Shelby, NC	Solar	2 MW	Neisler Street Solar I, Llc
27.2 mi	Belwood Farm Lawndale, NC	Solar	4 MW	Palmetto Power Management Llc
27.3 mi	Concord Farm Concord, NC	Solar	5 MW	Shoe Show, Inc.
27.4 mi	Angel Solar Newton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
27.5 mi	Sonne Two Newton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Heelstone Energy Holdings, Llc
27.7 mi	99 Islands Blacksburg, SC	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
27.9 mi	Shelby Randolph Road Solar 1, Llc Shelby, NC	Solar	2 MW	Sre Utility Solar 1, Llc
28.1 mi	233 Randolph 74 Solar I, Llc Shelby, NC	Solar	2 MW	233 Randolph 74 Solar I, Llc
28.2 mi	Shelby Solar Energy Generation Facility Shelby, NC	Solar	1 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
28.3 mi	Two Lines Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
29.0 mi	Cherokee Falls Blacksburg, SC	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Hydroland Omega Llc
29.3 mi	Ayrshire Shelby, NC	Solar	19 MW	Cd Global Solar Holdings, Llc
29.7 mi	Gaston Shoals Blacksburg, SC	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Northbrook Carolina Hydro Ii, Llc
30.0 mi	Audrey Solar Shelby, NC	Solar	3 MW	Audrey Solar Llc
30.0 mi	Broad River Energy Center Gaffney, SC	Natural Gas	985 MW	Broad River Energy Llc
30.0 mi	Warbler Holdings Shelby, NC	Solar	4 MW	Solriver Capital Llc
30.4 mi	Shelby, Nc Shelby, NC	Oil	4 MW	Electric Glass Fiber America, Llc.
30.9 mi	Old Catawba Pv 1 Claremont, NC	Solar	4 MW	Ecoplexus, Inc
31.2 mi	Apple Data Center Pv3 Conover, NC	Solar	18 MW	Apple, Inc
31.3 mi	Howell Midland Farm, Llc Midland, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
31.8 mi	Speedway Solar Nc, Llc Midland, NC	Solar	23 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
32.1 mi	Saw Solar China Grove, NC	Solar	5 MW	Saw Solar, Llc
32.1 mi	Cherokee County Cogen Gaffney, SC	Natural Gas	101 MW	Cherokee County Cogen Partners Llc
32.2 mi	Mohea Solar Energy Center, Llc Gaffney, SC	Solar	5 MW	Mohea Solar Energy Center, Llc
32.7 mi	Beetle Solar Mooresboro, NC	Solar	4 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
33.3 mi	Landis Delivery No 2 Landis, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
33.3 mi	Apple Data Center - Pv2 Conover, NC	Solar	20 MW	Apple, Inc
33.8 mi	Nc 102 Project Llc Midland, NC	Solar	75 MW	Nc 102 Project Llc
34.0 mi	Lookout Shoals Statesville, NC	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
34.0 mi	Sophie Solar Mooresboro, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sophie Solar Llc
34.5 mi	Monroe Moore Farm Monroe, NC	Solar	5 MW	Heelstone Energy Holdings, Llc
34.9 mi	Flash Solar Conover, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
35.3 mi	Monroe Solar Facility Monroe, NC	Solar	55 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
35.5 mi	Innovative Solar 26, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
35.8 mi	Arndt Farm Claremont, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 100 power plants within 50 miles of Lowell, North Carolina (ZIP 28098), with a combined 13,427 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 57 of the 100 nearby plants. The closest plant is Gaston Memorial Hospital 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 North Carolina, visit the North Carolina state page.

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