Power Plants Near 28615 — Creston, NC

32 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28615 (Creston, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.4500, -81.6506 · County: Ashe

Natural Gas 36%Coal 32%Hydroelectric 17%Other Fossil 9%Solar 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
24.9 mi	South Holston Bristol, TN	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
27.5 mi	Wilbur Elizabethon, TN	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
27.5 mi	Watauga Elizabethton, TN	Hydroelectric	58 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
29.2 mi	Wolf Hills Energy Bristol, VA	Natural Gas	285 MW	Middle River Power Ii, Llc
29.3 mi	Bristol Plant Bristol, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
39.1 mi	Wilkes Solar, Llc Wilkesboro, NC	Solar	—	Wilkes Solar, Llc
41.2 mi	Fries Hydroelectric Project Fries, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
41.6 mi	Mountain Home Energy Center Mountain Home, TN	Oil	7 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
41.9 mi	Bernhardt Furniture Solar Farm Lenoir, NC	Solar	1 MW	Bernhardt Furniture Company
43.8 mi	Boone Dam Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	106 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.2 mi	Clinch River Cleveland, VA	Natural Gas	475 MW	Appalachian Power Co
45.7 mi	Sr Gray Gray, TN	Solar	—	Sr Gray, Llc
46.1 mi	Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Appalachian Power Co
46.1 mi	River Trail Solar, Llc Galax, VA	Solar	—	River Trail Solar, Llc
46.4 mi	1001 Ebenezer Church Solar Stateroad, NC	Solar	5 MW	1001 Ebenezer Church Solar, Llc
46.5 mi	Brighter Future Solar Granite Falls, NC	Solar	11 MW	Brighter Future Solar Llc
46.5 mi	Catawba River Pollution Control Morganton, NC	Oil	1 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
46.6 mi	Taylorsville Solar Llc Taylorsville, NC	Solar	1 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
46.6 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
47.5 mi	Ventura Solar, Llc Taylorsville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sol Systems
47.8 mi	Fort Patrick Henry Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	59 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
47.8 mi	Partin Solar Elkin, NC	Solar	50 MW	Partin Solar, Llc
48.2 mi	Rhodhiss Rhodhiss, NC	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
48.4 mi	Granite Falls Walmart Granite Falls, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
48.5 mi	Stikeleather Farm Hiddenite, NC	Solar	5 MW	Stikeleather Farm, Llc
48.6 mi	Drexel Operations Center Drexel, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
48.7 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
49.4 mi	Water Filter Plant #2 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
49.6 mi	Dragstrip Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
49.8 mi	Tennessee Eastman Operations Kingsport, TN	Other Fossil	194 MW	Eastman Chemical Co-Tn Ops
49.9 mi	Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center St. Paul, VA	Coal	668 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
50.0 mi	Bridgewater Morganton, NC	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 32 power plants within 50 miles of Creston, North Carolina (ZIP 28615), with a combined 2,104 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 32 nearby plants. The closest plant is South Holston at 24.9 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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