Power Plants Near 28605 — Blowing Rock, NC

52 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28605 (Blowing Rock, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.1355, -81.6996 · County: Watauga

Hydroelectric 36%Natural Gas 31%Solar 31%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
21.6 mi	Bernhardt Furniture Solar Farm Lenoir, NC	Solar	1 MW	Bernhardt Furniture Company
24.9 mi	Catawba River Pollution Control Morganton, NC	Oil	1 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
27.3 mi	Drexel Operations Center Drexel, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
27.5 mi	Water Filter Plant #2 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
27.7 mi	Watauga Elizabethton, TN	Hydroelectric	58 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
27.7 mi	Wilbur Elizabethon, TN	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
28.2 mi	Bridgewater Morganton, NC	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
28.2 mi	Morganton Station 5 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
28.7 mi	Brighter Future Solar Granite Falls, NC	Solar	11 MW	Brighter Future Solar Llc
28.7 mi	Morganton, Parker Road Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
28.9 mi	Rhodhiss Rhodhiss, NC	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
29.9 mi	Granite Falls Walmart Granite Falls, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
30.5 mi	Dragstrip Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
32.8 mi	Cline Solar Farm, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cline Solar, Llc
33.5 mi	Innovative Solar 26, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
34.2 mi	Ventura Solar, Llc Taylorsville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sol Systems
34.3 mi	Taylorsville Solar Llc Taylorsville, NC	Solar	1 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
34.5 mi	South Holston Bristol, TN	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
35.7 mi	Oxford Dam Conover, NC	Hydroelectric	36 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
36.8 mi	Wilkes Solar, Llc Wilkesboro, NC	Solar	—	Wilkes Solar, Llc
36.9 mi	Stikeleather Farm Hiddenite, NC	Solar	5 MW	Stikeleather Farm, Llc
37.0 mi	Flash Solar Conover, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
38.3 mi	Arndt Farm Claremont, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
38.8 mi	Apple Data Center - Pv2 Conover, NC	Solar	20 MW	Apple, Inc
39.7 mi	Mountain Home Energy Center Mountain Home, TN	Oil	7 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
40.6 mi	Bristol Plant Bristol, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
40.7 mi	Two Lines Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
42.3 mi	Apple Data Center Pv3 Conover, NC	Solar	18 MW	Apple, Inc
42.9 mi	Wolf Hills Energy Bristol, VA	Natural Gas	285 MW	Middle River Power Ii, Llc
43.0 mi	Lookout Shoals Statesville, NC	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
43.1 mi	Old Catawba Pv 1 Claremont, NC	Solar	4 MW	Ecoplexus, Inc
43.3 mi	Angel Solar Newton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
43.6 mi	Owen Solar Lincolnton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Owen Solar Llc
43.9 mi	Sonne Two Newton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Heelstone Energy Holdings, Llc
44.3 mi	Sigmon Catawba Farm Newton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
44.9 mi	Apple Data Center - Fuel Cell 1&2 Maiden, NC	Natural Gas	—	Apple, Inc
45.4 mi	Apple Data Center Pv Maiden, NC	Solar	21 MW	Apple, Inc
46.2 mi	Boone Dam Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	106 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
46.3 mi	Apple One Newton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
46.5 mi	Sr Jonesborough Jonesborough, TN	Solar	4 MW	Sr Jonesborough Ii, Llc
46.9 mi	Maiden Finger Street Maiden, NC	Oil	—	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
47.2 mi	Belwood Farm Lawndale, NC	Solar	4 MW	Palmetto Power Management Llc
47.4 mi	Maiden Community Center Maiden, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
47.9 mi	Maiden Creek Solar Power Plant Maiden, NC	Solar	69 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
47.9 mi	Sr Gray Gray, TN	Solar	—	Sr Gray, Llc
48.3 mi	Statesville, Highway 64 Statesville, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
48.8 mi	Westminister Nc Rutherfordton, NC	Solar	—	Ecoplexus, Inc
48.8 mi	1001 Ebenezer Church Solar Stateroad, NC	Solar	5 MW	1001 Ebenezer Church Solar, Llc
49.1 mi	1051 Lucky Solar, Llc Hamptonville, NC	Solar	3 MW	1051 Lucky Solar, Llc
49.5 mi	Haynes Farm Lincolnton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
49.8 mi	Partin Solar Elkin, NC	Solar	50 MW	Partin Solar, Llc
50.0 mi	1047 Little Mountain Solar, Llc Jonesville, NC	Solar	3 MW	Ci-Ii Mitchell Holding Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 52 power plants within 50 miles of Blowing Rock, North Carolina (ZIP 28605), with a combined 918 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 31 of the 52 nearby plants. The closest plant is Bernhardt Furniture Solar Farm at 21.6 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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