Power Plants Near 28653 — Montezuma, NC

57 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28653 (Montezuma, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.0651, -81.9017 · County: Avery

Hydroelectric 34%Natural Gas 31%Other Fossil 18%Solar 16%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
22.6 mi	Bridgewater Morganton, NC	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
22.8 mi	Watauga Elizabethton, TN	Hydroelectric	58 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
22.8 mi	Wilbur Elizabethon, TN	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
24.0 mi	Catawba River Pollution Control Morganton, NC	Oil	1 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
24.6 mi	Water Filter Plant #2 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
24.8 mi	Morganton Station 5 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
25.1 mi	Bernhardt Furniture Solar Farm Lenoir, NC	Solar	1 MW	Bernhardt Furniture Company
27.3 mi	Morganton, Parker Road Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
27.4 mi	Drexel Operations Center Drexel, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
31.5 mi	Mountain Home Energy Center Mountain Home, TN	Oil	7 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
32.8 mi	Rhodhiss Rhodhiss, NC	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
33.3 mi	South Holston Bristol, TN	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
34.3 mi	Brighter Future Solar Granite Falls, NC	Solar	11 MW	Brighter Future Solar Llc
34.5 mi	Dragstrip Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
34.6 mi	Granite Falls Walmart Granite Falls, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
36.1 mi	Cline Solar Farm, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cline Solar, Llc
36.7 mi	Innovative Solar 26, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
36.9 mi	Sr Jonesborough Jonesborough, TN	Solar	4 MW	Sr Jonesborough Ii, Llc
39.5 mi	Bristol Plant Bristol, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
39.6 mi	Boone Dam Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	106 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
41.0 mi	Sr Gray Gray, TN	Solar	—	Sr Gray, Llc
42.4 mi	Westminister Nc Rutherfordton, NC	Solar	—	Ecoplexus, Inc
42.5 mi	Ventura Solar, Llc Taylorsville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sol Systems
42.9 mi	Wolf Hills Energy Bristol, VA	Natural Gas	285 MW	Middle River Power Ii, Llc
43.1 mi	Oxford Dam Conover, NC	Hydroelectric	36 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
43.2 mi	Flash Solar Conover, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
43.3 mi	Taylorsville Solar Llc Taylorsville, NC	Solar	1 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
43.5 mi	Sr Washington I, Llc Jonesborough, TN	Solar	9 MW	Sr Washington I, Llc
44.1 mi	Two Lines Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
44.9 mi	Apple Data Center - Pv2 Conover, NC	Solar	20 MW	Apple, Inc
44.9 mi	Ivy River Hydro Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Madison Hydro Partners
45.1 mi	Fort Patrick Henry Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	59 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.2 mi	Arndt Farm Claremont, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
45.9 mi	Stikeleather Farm Hiddenite, NC	Solar	5 MW	Stikeleather Farm, Llc
46.6 mi	Woodfin Woodfin, NC	Natural Gas	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
46.6 mi	Owen Solar Lincolnton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Owen Solar Llc
46.7 mi	Belwood Farm Lawndale, NC	Solar	4 MW	Palmetto Power Management Llc
46.9 mi	Lake Lure Lake Lure, NC	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Lake Lure Town Of
47.2 mi	Sr Greenville I Limestone, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville I, Llc
47.6 mi	Sr Greenville Ii Greeneville, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville Ii, Llc
47.6 mi	Lincoln Solar, Llc (Nc) Bostic, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
47.7 mi	Tennessee Eastman Operations Kingsport, TN	Other Fossil	194 MW	Eastman Chemical Co-Tn Ops
47.8 mi	Innovative Solar 18, Llc Bostic, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
48.0 mi	Woodfin Solar Asheville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
48.2 mi	Angel Solar Newton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
48.4 mi	Sigmon Catawba Farm Newton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
48.5 mi	Metropolitan Sewerage District Asheville, NC	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Metropolitan Sewerage District
48.5 mi	Apple Data Center - Fuel Cell 1&2 Maiden, NC	Natural Gas	—	Apple, Inc
48.5 mi	Wilkes Solar, Llc Wilkesboro, NC	Solar	—	Wilkes Solar, Llc
48.5 mi	Apple Data Center Pv3 Conover, NC	Solar	18 MW	Apple, Inc
48.7 mi	Riverside Bess Asheville, NC	Battery Storage	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
48.7 mi	Bostic Delivery No 2 Bostic, NC	Oil	1 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
49.1 mi	Apple Data Center Pv Maiden, NC	Solar	21 MW	Apple, Inc
49.1 mi	Sonne Two Newton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Heelstone Energy Holdings, Llc
49.4 mi	Old Catawba Pv 1 Claremont, NC	Solar	4 MW	Ecoplexus, Inc
49.7 mi	Gamble Solar Bostic, NC	Solar	3 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
49.9 mi	Domtar Kingsport Mill Kingsport, TN	Natural Gas	50 MW	Domtar Paper Co Llc Kingsport Mill

Power generation near this area

There are 57 power plants within 50 miles of Montezuma, North Carolina (ZIP 28653), with a combined 1,094 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 31 of the 57 nearby plants. The closest plant is Bridgewater at 22.6 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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