Power Plants Near 28652 — Minneapolis, NC

43 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28652 (Minneapolis, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.0993, -81.9871 · County: Avery

Hydroelectric 37%Natural Gas 33%Other Fossil 20%Solar 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
18.4 mi	Watauga Elizabethton, TN	Hydroelectric	58 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
18.5 mi	Wilbur Elizabethon, TN	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
26.0 mi	Bridgewater Morganton, NC	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
26.2 mi	Mountain Home Energy Center Mountain Home, TN	Oil	7 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
28.7 mi	Catawba River Pollution Control Morganton, NC	Oil	1 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
28.9 mi	Morganton Station 5 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
28.9 mi	Water Filter Plant #2 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
29.8 mi	South Holston Bristol, TN	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
30.3 mi	Bernhardt Furniture Solar Farm Lenoir, NC	Solar	1 MW	Bernhardt Furniture Company
31.6 mi	Sr Jonesborough Jonesborough, TN	Solar	4 MW	Sr Jonesborough Ii, Llc
31.8 mi	Morganton, Parker Road Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
32.3 mi	Drexel Operations Center Drexel, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
34.4 mi	Boone Dam Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	106 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
35.8 mi	Bristol Plant Bristol, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
35.9 mi	Sr Gray Gray, TN	Solar	—	Sr Gray, Llc
38.1 mi	Rhodhiss Rhodhiss, NC	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
38.1 mi	Sr Washington I, Llc Jonesborough, TN	Solar	9 MW	Sr Washington I, Llc
39.6 mi	Wolf Hills Energy Bristol, VA	Natural Gas	285 MW	Middle River Power Ii, Llc
39.6 mi	Brighter Future Solar Granite Falls, NC	Solar	11 MW	Brighter Future Solar Llc
39.7 mi	Dragstrip Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
39.9 mi	Granite Falls Walmart Granite Falls, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
40.0 mi	Fort Patrick Henry Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	59 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
41.3 mi	Cline Solar Farm, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cline Solar, Llc
41.9 mi	Innovative Solar 26, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
41.9 mi	Sr Greenville I Limestone, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville I, Llc
41.9 mi	Ivy River Hydro Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Madison Hydro Partners
42.5 mi	Sr Greenville Ii Greeneville, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville Ii, Llc
42.6 mi	Tennessee Eastman Operations Kingsport, TN	Other Fossil	194 MW	Eastman Chemical Co-Tn Ops
44.5 mi	Woodfin Woodfin, NC	Natural Gas	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
44.8 mi	Domtar Kingsport Mill Kingsport, TN	Natural Gas	50 MW	Domtar Paper Co Llc Kingsport Mill
44.9 mi	Westminister Nc Rutherfordton, NC	Solar	—	Ecoplexus, Inc
45.7 mi	Woodfin Solar Asheville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
46.3 mi	Metropolitan Sewerage District Asheville, NC	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Metropolitan Sewerage District
46.5 mi	Riverside Bess Asheville, NC	Battery Storage	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
47.8 mi	Ventura Solar, Llc Taylorsville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sol Systems
47.8 mi	Lake Lure Lake Lure, NC	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Lake Lure Town Of
48.4 mi	Oxford Dam Conover, NC	Hydroelectric	36 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
48.5 mi	Taylorsville Solar Llc Taylorsville, NC	Solar	1 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
48.5 mi	Flash Solar Conover, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
48.7 mi	Asheville-Rock Hill Battery Asheville, NC	Other Fossil	9 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
48.9 mi	Marshall Dam Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
49.0 mi	Hot Springs Energy Storage & Microgrid Hot Springs, NC	Solar	6 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
49.2 mi	Two Lines Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 43 power plants within 50 miles of Minneapolis, North Carolina (ZIP 28652), with a combined 1,007 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 17 of the 43 nearby plants. The closest plant is Watauga at 18.4 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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