Power Plants Near 28604 — Banner Elk, NC

39 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28604 (Banner Elk, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.1705, -81.8412 · County: Avery

Hydroelectric 35%Natural Gas 33%Other Fossil 19%Solar 11%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
19.8 mi	Watauga Elizabethton, TN	Hydroelectric	58 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
19.8 mi	Wilbur Elizabethon, TN	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
27.8 mi	Bernhardt Furniture Solar Farm Lenoir, NC	Solar	1 MW	Bernhardt Furniture Company
28.0 mi	South Holston Bristol, TN	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
29.0 mi	Catawba River Pollution Control Morganton, NC	Oil	1 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
29.6 mi	Bridgewater Morganton, NC	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
30.6 mi	Water Filter Plant #2 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
30.9 mi	Morganton Station 5 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
31.4 mi	Mountain Home Energy Center Mountain Home, TN	Oil	7 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
32.0 mi	Drexel Operations Center Drexel, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
32.6 mi	Morganton, Parker Road Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
34.2 mi	Bristol Plant Bristol, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
35.5 mi	Rhodhiss Rhodhiss, NC	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
35.9 mi	Brighter Future Solar Granite Falls, NC	Solar	11 MW	Brighter Future Solar Llc
36.8 mi	Granite Falls Walmart Granite Falls, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
37.1 mi	Dragstrip Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
37.1 mi	Wolf Hills Energy Bristol, VA	Natural Gas	285 MW	Middle River Power Ii, Llc
38.1 mi	Boone Dam Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	106 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
38.3 mi	Sr Jonesborough Jonesborough, TN	Solar	4 MW	Sr Jonesborough Ii, Llc
39.1 mi	Cline Solar Farm, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cline Solar, Llc
39.8 mi	Sr Gray Gray, TN	Solar	—	Sr Gray, Llc
39.8 mi	Innovative Solar 26, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
42.2 mi	Ventura Solar, Llc Taylorsville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sol Systems
42.5 mi	Taylorsville Solar Llc Taylorsville, NC	Solar	1 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
43.5 mi	Fort Patrick Henry Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	59 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
43.6 mi	Oxford Dam Conover, NC	Hydroelectric	36 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
43.9 mi	Sr Washington I, Llc Jonesborough, TN	Solar	9 MW	Sr Washington I, Llc
44.5 mi	Flash Solar Conover, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
44.6 mi	Wilkes Solar, Llc Wilkesboro, NC	Solar	—	Wilkes Solar, Llc
45.1 mi	Stikeleather Farm Hiddenite, NC	Solar	5 MW	Stikeleather Farm, Llc
46.0 mi	Tennessee Eastman Operations Kingsport, TN	Other Fossil	194 MW	Eastman Chemical Co-Tn Ops
46.0 mi	Arndt Farm Claremont, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
46.3 mi	Apple Data Center - Pv2 Conover, NC	Solar	20 MW	Apple, Inc
47.2 mi	Two Lines Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
48.1 mi	Domtar Kingsport Mill Kingsport, TN	Natural Gas	50 MW	Domtar Paper Co Llc Kingsport Mill
48.6 mi	Sr Greenville I Limestone, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville I, Llc
49.8 mi	Westminister Nc Rutherfordton, NC	Solar	—	Ecoplexus, Inc
49.9 mi	Apple Data Center Pv3 Conover, NC	Solar	18 MW	Apple, Inc
50.0 mi	Owen Solar Lincolnton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Owen Solar Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 39 power plants within 50 miles of Banner Elk, North Carolina (ZIP 28604), with a combined 1,023 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 20 of the 39 nearby plants. The closest plant is Watauga at 19.8 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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