Power Plants Near 28622 — Elk Park, NC

36 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28622 (Elk Park, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.1646, -81.9639 · County: Avery

Hydroelectric 37%Natural Gas 34%Other Fossil 20%Solar 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
15.2 mi	Watauga Elizabethton, TN	Hydroelectric	58 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
15.2 mi	Wilbur Elizabethon, TN	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
25.1 mi	Mountain Home Energy Center Mountain Home, TN	Oil	7 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
25.8 mi	South Holston Bristol, TN	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
30.0 mi	Bridgewater Morganton, NC	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
31.6 mi	Catawba River Pollution Control Morganton, NC	Oil	1 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
31.6 mi	Sr Jonesborough Jonesborough, TN	Solar	4 MW	Sr Jonesborough Ii, Llc
31.8 mi	Bristol Plant Bristol, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
32.1 mi	Bernhardt Furniture Solar Farm Lenoir, NC	Solar	1 MW	Bernhardt Furniture Company
32.3 mi	Water Filter Plant #2 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
32.4 mi	Morganton Station 5 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
32.6 mi	Boone Dam Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	106 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
34.1 mi	Sr Gray Gray, TN	Solar	—	Sr Gray, Llc
35.0 mi	Morganton, Parker Road Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
35.0 mi	Drexel Operations Center Drexel, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
35.4 mi	Wolf Hills Energy Bristol, VA	Natural Gas	285 MW	Middle River Power Ii, Llc
37.5 mi	Sr Washington I, Llc Jonesborough, TN	Solar	9 MW	Sr Washington I, Llc
38.1 mi	Fort Patrick Henry Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	59 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
39.9 mi	Rhodhiss Rhodhiss, NC	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
40.6 mi	Tennessee Eastman Operations Kingsport, TN	Other Fossil	194 MW	Eastman Chemical Co-Tn Ops
40.9 mi	Brighter Future Solar Granite Falls, NC	Solar	11 MW	Brighter Future Solar Llc
41.5 mi	Granite Falls Walmart Granite Falls, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
41.6 mi	Dragstrip Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
41.9 mi	Sr Greenville I Limestone, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville I, Llc
42.8 mi	Domtar Kingsport Mill Kingsport, TN	Natural Gas	50 MW	Domtar Paper Co Llc Kingsport Mill
43.3 mi	Sr Greenville Ii Greeneville, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville Ii, Llc
43.4 mi	Cline Solar Farm, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cline Solar, Llc
44.0 mi	Innovative Solar 26, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
45.6 mi	Ivy River Hydro Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Madison Hydro Partners
48.2 mi	Ventura Solar, Llc Taylorsville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sol Systems
48.7 mi	Taylorsville Solar Llc Taylorsville, NC	Solar	1 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
48.7 mi	Woodfin Woodfin, NC	Natural Gas	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
49.2 mi	Oxford Dam Conover, NC	Hydroelectric	36 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
49.3 mi	Westminister Nc Rutherfordton, NC	Solar	—	Ecoplexus, Inc
49.8 mi	Woodfin Solar Asheville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
49.8 mi	Flash Solar Conover, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables

Power generation near this area

There are 36 power plants within 50 miles of Elk Park, North Carolina (ZIP 28622), with a combined 976 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 36 nearby plants. The closest plant is Watauga at 15.2 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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