Power Plants Near 28216 — Charlotte, NC

100 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28216 (Charlotte, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.2834, -80.8702 · County: Mecklenburg

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

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.6 mi	Orbit Energy Charlotte Charlotte, NC	Biomass	5 MW	Anaergia
7.2 mi	Huntersville Delivery No 2 Huntersville, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
7.3 mi	Reventure Park Charlotte, NC	Biomass	4 MW	Clean Energy Llc
7.4 mi	Mountain Island Mount Holly, NC	Hydroelectric	60 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
7.6 mi	De Solar 10240 Old Dowd Rd Charlotte, NC	Solar	2 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
7.7 mi	De Solar 1725 Drywall Dr Mt. Holly, NC	Solar	1 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
7.9 mi	Riverbend Mount Holly, NC	Coal	—	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
8.7 mi	Mcdowell Creek Solar Llc Huntersville, NC	Solar	—	Mcdowell Creek Solar Llc
10.3 mi	G G Allen Belmont, NC	Coal	435 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
11.2 mi	Mcguire Huntersville, NC	Nuclear	2,441 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
11.5 mi	Hornet Solar Gaston, NC	Solar	—	Hornet Solar Llc
11.6 mi	Cowans Ford Stanley, NC	Hydroelectric	350 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
12.1 mi	Concord Energy Concord, NC	Biomass	10 MW	Concord Energy Llc
12.3 mi	Freemont Solar Center Llc Stanley, NC	Solar	5 MW	Heelstone Energy Holdings, Llc
12.4 mi	Grs Cms Concord, NC	Biomass	5 MW	Gas Recovery Systems Inc
13.7 mi	Mariposa Solar Center Llc Stanley, NC	Solar	5 MW	Heelstone Energy Holdings, Llc
13.8 mi	Lincoln Combustion Stanley, NC	Natural Gas	1,754 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
13.8 mi	Cornelius Delivery No 1 Cornelius, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
14.3 mi	Pineville Delivery 2 Pineville, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
14.8 mi	Gastonia Rankin Lake Gastonia, NC	Oil	—	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
15.1 mi	Gaston Solar Power Plant Cherryville Township, NC	Solar	25 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
15.1 mi	Gaston Memorial Hospital Gastonia, NC	Oil	2 MW	City Of Gastonia
15.1 mi	Auten Road Farm, Llc Gastonia, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
15.4 mi	Gastonia Duke Street Gastonia, NC	Oil	—	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
15.4 mi	Long Creek Waste Water Plant Dallas, NC	Oil	5 MW	City Of Gastonia
16.1 mi	Concord Farm Concord, NC	Solar	5 MW	Shoe Show, Inc.
18.4 mi	Gastonia Solar Center Gastonia, NC	Solar	4 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
18.4 mi	Gaston County Renewable Energy Center Dallas, NC	Biomass	4 MW	Gaston County Solid Waste And Recycling Division
18.9 mi	Howell Midland Farm, Llc Midland, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
18.9 mi	Gastonia, Tulip Drive Gastonia, NC	Oil	5 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
19.2 mi	Gastonia Prime Power Park Dallas, NC	Oil	12 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
19.4 mi	Speedway Solar Nc, Llc Midland, NC	Solar	23 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
19.6 mi	Catawba York, SC	Nuclear	2,410 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
19.7 mi	Wylie Fort Mill, SC	Hydroelectric	60 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
20.2 mi	High Shoals Hydro (Nc) High Shoals, NC	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
21.0 mi	Nc 102 Project Llc Midland, NC	Solar	75 MW	Nc 102 Project Llc
21.2 mi	High Shoals Pv1 High Shoals, NC	Solar	16 MW	Pine Gate Renewables
22.4 mi	Marshall (Nc) Terrell, NC	Coal	2,119 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
22.5 mi	Saw Solar China Grove, NC	Solar	5 MW	Saw Solar, Llc
23.0 mi	Landis Delivery No 2 Landis, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
25.8 mi	Lincolnton High School Lincolnton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
26.3 mi	Battleground Kings Mountain, NC	Solar	4 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
26.3 mi	Monroe Moore Farm Monroe, NC	Solar	5 MW	Heelstone Energy Holdings, Llc
26.5 mi	York Road Solar I, Llc Kings Mountain, NC	Solar	2 MW	Sre Utility Solar 1, Llc
26.5 mi	Haynes Farm Lincolnton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
26.7 mi	Violet Solar Mount Pleasant, NC	Solar	5 MW	Violet Solar, Llc
27.1 mi	Maiden Creek Solar Power Plant Maiden, NC	Solar	69 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
27.8 mi	Maiden Community Center Maiden, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
28.1 mi	Monroe Solar Facility Monroe, NC	Solar	55 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
28.4 mi	Sediver York, SC	Oil	3 MW	Central Electric Power
28.4 mi	Kings Mountain Energy Center Kings Mountain, NC	Natural Gas	544 MW	Carolina Power Partners, Llc
28.4 mi	Monroe Middle School Monroe, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
28.5 mi	Maiden Finger Street Maiden, NC	Oil	—	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
28.5 mi	Rockwell Solar Llc Rockwell, NC	Solar	4 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
28.8 mi	Apple One Newton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
28.9 mi	Organ Church Solar Rockwell, NC	Solar	5 MW	Mn8 Energy Llc
29.1 mi	Monroe Generating Station Monroe, NC	Natural Gas	30 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
29.5 mi	Cherryville City Hall Cherryville, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
29.5 mi	Thermal Kem Rock Hill, SC	Oil	3 MW	Central Electric Power
29.6 mi	Catawba Solar Llc Salisbury, NC	Solar	2 MW	Catawba Solar Llc
30.1 mi	Apple Data Center Pv Maiden, NC	Solar	21 MW	Apple, Inc
30.7 mi	Apple Data Center - Fuel Cell 1&2 Maiden, NC	Natural Gas	—	Apple, Inc
30.9 mi	Sigmon Catawba Farm Newton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
31.0 mi	Innovative Solar 23 Kings Mountain, NC	Solar	2 MW	Sre Utility Solar 1, Llc
31.1 mi	Dixon Dairy Road Solar Kings Mountain, NC	Solar	4 MW	Palmetto Power Management Llc
31.2 mi	Sonne Two Newton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Heelstone Energy Holdings, Llc
31.7 mi	Tripple State Farm Statesville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
31.7 mi	Lux Solar, Llc Kings Mountain, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
31.7 mi	Redmon Solar Farm Llc Cleveland, NC	Solar	2 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
31.7 mi	Old Pageland Monroe Road Solar Farm Monroe, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
31.7 mi	Waco Farm Waco, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
31.7 mi	231 Dixon 74 Solar I, Llc Kings Mountain, NC	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
31.8 mi	Angel Solar Newton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
31.8 mi	Cleveland Cnty Generating Facility Kings Mountain, NC	Natural Gas	736 MW	Southern Power Co
32.0 mi	Oakboro Pv1 Oakboro, NC	Solar	—	Ecoplexus, Inc
32.6 mi	Owen Solar Lincolnton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Owen Solar Llc
32.8 mi	Statesville Solar Cleveland, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
32.8 mi	Mill Creek (Sc) Blacksburg, SC	Natural Gas	799 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
32.9 mi	Roper Farm, Llc Grover, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
33.0 mi	West Salisbury Farm Llc Salisbury, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
33.1 mi	Old Catawba Pv 1 Claremont, NC	Solar	4 MW	Ecoplexus, Inc
33.1 mi	Meadowbrook Solar Farm Rockwell, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
33.7 mi	Iredell County Lfg Facility Statesville, NC	Biomass	3 MW	Iredell Transmission Llc
33.7 mi	Buddy Solar Gold Hill, NC	Solar	4 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
33.7 mi	Apple Data Center Pv3 Conover, NC	Solar	18 MW	Apple, Inc
33.8 mi	Woodleaf Solar Facility Salisbury, NC	Solar	6 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
34.2 mi	Marshville Farm Marshville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
34.4 mi	Rowan Salisbury, NC	Natural Gas	1,192 MW	Southern Power Co
34.7 mi	Bg Stewart Solar Farm, Llc Marshville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
34.8 mi	Misenheimer Solar Llc Gold Hill, NC	Solar	74 MW	Misenheimer Solar Llc
34.9 mi	Salisbury Solar Salisbury, NC	Solar	4 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
34.9 mi	Misenheimer Farm Richfield, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
35.0 mi	Lookout Shoals Statesville, NC	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
35.1 mi	Two Lines Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
35.4 mi	Apex Nc Solar Lawndale, NC	Solar	—	Apex Nc Solar, Llc
35.5 mi	Statesville Delivery No 3 Statesville, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
35.8 mi	Stanly Solar, Llc Albemarle, NC	Solar	50 MW	Stanly Solar, Llc
35.8 mi	Statesville, Highway 64 Statesville, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
35.9 mi	Sid Solar I, Llc Shelby, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sre Utility Solar 1, Llc
36.0 mi	County Home Solar Center, Llc Shelby, NC	Solar	2 MW	Heelstone Energy Holdings, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 100 power plants within 50 miles of Charlotte, North Carolina (ZIP 28216), with a combined 13,647 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 58 of the 100 nearby plants. The closest plant is Orbit Energy Charlotte at 3.6 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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