Power Plants Near 28663 — Piney Creek, NC

39 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28663 (Piney Creek, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.5276, -81.3019 · County: Alleghany

Natural Gas 41%Solar 31%Hydroelectric 27%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
21.8 mi	Fries Hydroelectric Project Fries, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
26.3 mi	River Trail Solar, Llc Galax, VA	Solar	—	River Trail Solar, Llc
27.1 mi	Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Appalachian Power Co
27.9 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
28.7 mi	Wilkes Solar, Llc Wilkesboro, NC	Solar	—	Wilkes Solar, Llc
30.6 mi	1001 Ebenezer Church Solar Stateroad, NC	Solar	5 MW	1001 Ebenezer Church Solar, Llc
32.2 mi	Partin Solar Elkin, NC	Solar	50 MW	Partin Solar, Llc
32.8 mi	Hayes Solar, Llc Dobson, NC	Solar	3 MW	Hayes Solar, Llc
33.2 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
35.3 mi	Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
35.8 mi	1047 Little Mountain Solar, Llc Jonesville, NC	Solar	3 MW	Ci-Ii Mitchell Holding Llc
36.7 mi	Issa Solar Hillsville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
37.5 mi	1051 Lucky Solar, Llc Hamptonville, NC	Solar	3 MW	1051 Lucky Solar, Llc
38.5 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
39.1 mi	Mayberry Solar Llc Mt. Airy, NC	Solar	1 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
39.2 mi	Ararat Rock Solar, Llc Mount Airy, NC	Solar	4 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
39.4 mi	Ashley Solar Farm Hamptonville, NC	Solar	4 MW	Ashley Solar Farm, Llc
39.5 mi	Stony Knoll Solar, Llc Rockford, NC	Solar	23 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
40.6 mi	Yadkin 601 Farm Yadkinville, NC	Solar	3 MW	Yadkin 601 Farm, Llc
41.2 mi	Coc Surry Lfg, Llc Mount Airy, NC	Biomass	2 MW	Petra Engineering
41.6 mi	Round Hill Pv1 Boonville, NC	Solar	—	Ecoplexus, Inc
43.5 mi	Taylorsville Solar Llc Taylorsville, NC	Solar	1 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
43.8 mi	South Holston Bristol, TN	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
43.9 mi	Sugar Solar, Llc Yadkinville, NC	Solar	60 MW	Sugar Solar, Llc
44.5 mi	1009 Yadkin Solar Yadkinville, NC	Solar	5 MW	1009 Yadkin Solar, Llc
44.6 mi	Stikeleather Farm Hiddenite, NC	Solar	5 MW	Stikeleather Farm, Llc
45.4 mi	Ventura Solar, Llc Taylorsville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sol Systems
45.5 mi	Wolf Hills Energy Bristol, VA	Natural Gas	285 MW	Middle River Power Ii, Llc
45.8 mi	Two Hearted Solar,llc East Bend, NC	Solar	—	Two Hearted Solar, Llc
46.9 mi	1008 Matthews Solar East Bend, NC	Solar	5 MW	1008 Matthews Solar, Llc
47.0 mi	Bristol Plant Bristol, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
47.6 mi	Wilbur Elizabethon, TN	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
47.6 mi	Watauga Elizabethton, TN	Hydroelectric	58 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
47.7 mi	Yadkinville Solar Yadkinville, NC	Solar	4 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
48.3 mi	Pinnacles Ararat, VA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Northbrook Virginia Hydro, Llc
48.7 mi	Bernhardt Furniture Solar Farm Lenoir, NC	Solar	1 MW	Bernhardt Furniture Company
49.2 mi	Oxford Dam Conover, NC	Hydroelectric	36 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
49.3 mi	Brighter Future Solar Granite Falls, NC	Solar	11 MW	Brighter Future Solar Llc
49.6 mi	1045 Tomlin Mill Solar Statesville, NC	Solar	5 MW	1045 Tomlin Mill Solar, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 39 power plants within 50 miles of Piney Creek, North Carolina (ZIP 28663), with a combined 700 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 26 of the 39 nearby plants. The closest plant is Fries Hydroelectric Project at 21.8 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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