Power Plants Near 28428 — Carolina Beach, NC

32 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28428 (Carolina Beach, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.0366, -77.8963 · County: New Hanover

Nuclear 49%Natural Gas 43%Solar 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.5 mi	Brunswick Nuclear Southport, NC	Nuclear	2,003 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
8.6 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Southport Southport, NC	Natural Gas	53 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
17.8 mi	L V Sutton Steam Wilmington, NC	Natural Gas	851 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
17.8 mi	L V Sutton Combined Cycle Wilmington, NC	Natural Gas	851 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
18.0 mi	Sunedison Lv Sutton Plant Site Wilmington, NC	Solar	1 MW	Sune Nc Progress 1 Llc
18.1 mi	South Atlantic Services Solar Farm I Wilmington, NC	Solar	2 MW	South Atlantic Services Inc
19.0 mi	Aga Tag Solar Iv Llc Leland, NC	Solar	5 MW	Aga Tag Solar Iv Llc
19.0 mi	Atood Solar Iv, Llc Leland, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cardinal Renewables
19.0 mi	Zion Hill Bess Bolivia, NC	Battery Storage	5 MW	North Carolina El Member Corp
25.9 mi	Trojan Solar, Llc Delco, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sol Systems
26.4 mi	Heedeh Solar Delco, NC	Solar	5 MW	Mn8 Energy Llc
26.5 mi	Delco Farm Riegelwood, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
28.4 mi	International Paper Riegelwood Mill Riegelwood, NC	Biomass	44 MW	International Paper Co-Riegelwood
30.5 mi	Rocky Point Bess Rock Point, NC	Battery Storage	5 MW	North Carolina El Member Corp
31.2 mi	Quarter Horse Solar Hampstead, NC	Solar	5 MW	Quarter Horse Farm Llc
34.5 mi	Burgaw Solar, Llc Burgaw, NC	Solar	5 MW	Ci-Ii Mitchell Holding Llc
34.7 mi	Scotch Bonnet Solar, Llc St Helena, NC	Solar	5 MW	Scotch Bonnet Solar, Llc
39.7 mi	Bearford Farm Solar Project Willard, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
39.8 mi	Bearford Solar Ii Burgaw, NC	Solar	5 MW	Bearford Solar Ii, Llc
41.0 mi	Innovative Solar 67 Willard, NC	Solar	33 MW	John Laing Us Solar Corp.
41.3 mi	Innovative Solar 43, Llc Ivanhoe, NC	Solar	51 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
41.4 mi	Chauncey Farm Llc Lake Waccamaw, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
44.5 mi	Crooked Run Willard, NC	Solar	70 MW	Cubico Usa, Llc
46.2 mi	Willard Solar Willard, NC	Solar	5 MW	Usf Essex Lessor, Llc
47.9 mi	Brick City Solar Wallace, NC	Solar	5 MW	Brick City Solar, Llc
49.0 mi	Panda Solar Nc 4, Llc Clarkton, NC	Solar	2 MW	Panda Solar Nc 4, Llc
49.3 mi	Nickelson Solar 2 Wallace, NC	Solar	5 MW	Nickelson Solar 2, Llc
49.4 mi	Nickelson Solar, Llc Wallace, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sol Systems
49.5 mi	Cruise Solar, Llc Jacksonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cruise Solar, Llc
49.6 mi	Mckenzie Farm Whiteville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
49.7 mi	Mill Pond Solar Farm, Llc Whiteville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
50.0 mi	Hubble Solar, Llc Whiteville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Hubble Solar, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 32 power plants within 50 miles of Carolina Beach, North Carolina (ZIP 28428), with a combined 4,058 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 25 of the 32 nearby plants. The closest plant is Brunswick Nuclear at 8.5 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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