Power Plants Near 28480 — Wrightsville Beach, NC

51 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28480 (Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.2228, -77.7932 · County: New Hanover

Nuclear 48%Natural Gas 42%Solar 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.4 mi	South Atlantic Services Solar Farm I Wilmington, NC	Solar	2 MW	South Atlantic Services Inc
11.6 mi	Sunedison Lv Sutton Plant Site Wilmington, NC	Solar	1 MW	Sune Nc Progress 1 Llc
11.7 mi	L V Sutton Steam Wilmington, NC	Natural Gas	851 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
11.7 mi	L V Sutton Combined Cycle Wilmington, NC	Natural Gas	851 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
15.7 mi	Atood Solar Iv, Llc Leland, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cardinal Renewables
15.9 mi	Aga Tag Solar Iv Llc Leland, NC	Solar	5 MW	Aga Tag Solar Iv Llc
17.1 mi	Quarter Horse Solar Hampstead, NC	Solar	5 MW	Quarter Horse Farm Llc
17.6 mi	Rocky Point Bess Rock Point, NC	Battery Storage	5 MW	North Carolina El Member Corp
22.1 mi	Brunswick Nuclear Southport, NC	Nuclear	2,003 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
22.6 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Southport Southport, NC	Natural Gas	53 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
22.7 mi	Burgaw Solar, Llc Burgaw, NC	Solar	5 MW	Ci-Ii Mitchell Holding Llc
22.8 mi	Scotch Bonnet Solar, Llc St Helena, NC	Solar	5 MW	Scotch Bonnet Solar, Llc
24.3 mi	Trojan Solar, Llc Delco, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sol Systems
24.7 mi	Delco Farm Riegelwood, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
25.2 mi	Heedeh Solar Delco, NC	Solar	5 MW	Mn8 Energy Llc
25.6 mi	International Paper Riegelwood Mill Riegelwood, NC	Biomass	44 MW	International Paper Co-Riegelwood
27.8 mi	Bearford Farm Solar Project Willard, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
28.0 mi	Bearford Solar Ii Burgaw, NC	Solar	5 MW	Bearford Solar Ii, Llc
29.3 mi	Zion Hill Bess Bolivia, NC	Battery Storage	5 MW	North Carolina El Member Corp
30.2 mi	Innovative Solar 67 Willard, NC	Solar	33 MW	John Laing Us Solar Corp.
33.1 mi	Crooked Run Willard, NC	Solar	70 MW	Cubico Usa, Llc
34.6 mi	Willard Solar Willard, NC	Solar	5 MW	Usf Essex Lessor, Llc
35.4 mi	Cruise Solar, Llc Jacksonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cruise Solar, Llc
36.1 mi	Innovative Solar 43, Llc Ivanhoe, NC	Solar	51 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
36.4 mi	Brick City Solar Wallace, NC	Solar	5 MW	Brick City Solar, Llc
37.8 mi	Nickelson Solar 2 Wallace, NC	Solar	5 MW	Nickelson Solar 2, Llc
37.9 mi	Nickelson Solar, Llc Wallace, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sol Systems
38.4 mi	Wallace Wallace, NC	Solar	2 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
39.8 mi	Richlands Solar, Llc Richlands, NC	Solar	2 MW	Richlands Solar, Llc
40.8 mi	Hall Solar Energy Storage Teachey, NC	Solar	5 MW	North Carolina El Member Corp
41.2 mi	Aspen Solar, Llc Rose Hill, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sre Utility Solar 1, Llc
41.9 mi	Hickory Rose Hill, NC	Solar	5 MW	Current Energy Group
42.0 mi	Ludie Brown Solar Energy Storage Chinquapin, NC	Solar	5 MW	North Carolina El Member Corp
42.2 mi	Onslow Power Producers Jacksonville, NC	Biomass	2 MW	Cube District Energy, Llc
42.3 mi	1034 Catherine Lake Solar, Llc Jacksonville, NC	Solar	5 MW	1034 Catherine Lake Solar, Llc
42.3 mi	Onslow Energy Jacksonville, NC	Solar	—	Cube District Energy, Llc
42.4 mi	Chauncey Farm Llc Lake Waccamaw, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
42.7 mi	Rose Hill Rose Hill, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
42.7 mi	Buttercup Solar, Llc Rose Hill, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sol Systems
42.9 mi	Camp Lejeune Solar And Energy Storage Camp Lejeune, NC	Solar	24 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
45.0 mi	Crimson Solar Richlands, NC	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
46.4 mi	Queens Creek Bess Hubert, NC	Battery Storage	3 MW	North Carolina El Member Corp
46.5 mi	Panda Solar Nc 4, Llc Clarkton, NC	Solar	2 MW	Panda Solar Nc 4, Llc
46.6 mi	Atkinson Farm Solar Beulaville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
46.6 mi	Atkinson Solar Ii Beulaville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Atkinson Solar Ii Llc
46.7 mi	Lanier Solar Beulaville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
46.8 mi	Beulaville Beulaville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
47.1 mi	Harvest Beulaville, Llc Beulaville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cardinal Renewables
47.7 mi	Bay Tree Harrells, NC	Solar	70 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
47.9 mi	Cedar Solar, Llc Beulaville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sre Utility Solar 1, Llc
48.9 mi	Archie Horne Beulaville, NC	Battery Storage	10 MW	North Carolina El Member Corp

Power generation near this area

There are 51 power plants within 50 miles of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina (ZIP 28480), with a combined 4,210 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 41 of the 51 nearby plants. The closest plant is South Atlantic Services Solar Farm I at 11.4 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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