Power Plants Near 28665 — Purlear, NC

72 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28665 (Purlear, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.1964, -81.3528 · County: Wilkes

Coal 76%Solar 14%Hydroelectric 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
17.4 mi	Wilkes Solar, Llc Wilkesboro, NC	Solar	—	Wilkes Solar, Llc
22.8 mi	Taylorsville Solar Llc Taylorsville, NC	Solar	1 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
24.0 mi	Ventura Solar, Llc Taylorsville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sol Systems
24.6 mi	Stikeleather Farm Hiddenite, NC	Solar	5 MW	Stikeleather Farm, Llc
26.1 mi	Bernhardt Furniture Solar Farm Lenoir, NC	Solar	1 MW	Bernhardt Furniture Company
26.3 mi	Brighter Future Solar Granite Falls, NC	Solar	11 MW	Brighter Future Solar Llc
27.4 mi	Oxford Dam Conover, NC	Hydroelectric	36 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
28.8 mi	Granite Falls Walmart Granite Falls, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
29.0 mi	1001 Ebenezer Church Solar Stateroad, NC	Solar	5 MW	1001 Ebenezer Church Solar, Llc
29.6 mi	Rhodhiss Rhodhiss, NC	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
29.9 mi	1051 Lucky Solar, Llc Hamptonville, NC	Solar	3 MW	1051 Lucky Solar, Llc
30.0 mi	Partin Solar Elkin, NC	Solar	50 MW	Partin Solar, Llc
30.4 mi	1047 Little Mountain Solar, Llc Jonesville, NC	Solar	3 MW	Ci-Ii Mitchell Holding Llc
30.5 mi	Arndt Farm Claremont, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
30.5 mi	Dragstrip Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
31.1 mi	Flash Solar Conover, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
31.3 mi	Ashley Solar Farm Hamptonville, NC	Solar	4 MW	Ashley Solar Farm, Llc
32.6 mi	Apple Data Center - Pv2 Conover, NC	Solar	20 MW	Apple, Inc
33.1 mi	Cline Solar Farm, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cline Solar, Llc
33.7 mi	Lookout Shoals Statesville, NC	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
33.8 mi	Innovative Solar 26, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
33.8 mi	Catawba River Pollution Control Morganton, NC	Oil	1 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
34.1 mi	Drexel Operations Center Drexel, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
34.8 mi	1045 Tomlin Mill Solar Statesville, NC	Solar	5 MW	1045 Tomlin Mill Solar, Llc
35.1 mi	Apple Data Center Pv3 Conover, NC	Solar	18 MW	Apple, Inc
35.5 mi	Olin Creek Farm Solar Statesville, NC	Solar	—	Pine Gate Renewables
35.7 mi	Old Catawba Pv 1 Claremont, NC	Solar	4 MW	Ecoplexus, Inc
35.8 mi	Statesville, Highway 64 Statesville, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
36.6 mi	Yadkin 601 Farm Yadkinville, NC	Solar	3 MW	Yadkin 601 Farm, Llc
36.7 mi	Hayes Solar, Llc Dobson, NC	Solar	3 MW	Hayes Solar, Llc
37.1 mi	Morganton, Parker Road Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
38.0 mi	Water Filter Plant #2 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
38.4 mi	Round Hill Pv1 Boonville, NC	Solar	—	Ecoplexus, Inc
38.5 mi	Sonne Two Newton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Heelstone Energy Holdings, Llc
38.5 mi	Angel Solar Newton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
38.8 mi	Dill Holdings Llc Harmony, NC	Solar	—	Dill Holdings Llc
38.9 mi	Sugar Solar, Llc Yadkinville, NC	Solar	60 MW	Sugar Solar, Llc
39.0 mi	1009 Yadkin Solar Yadkinville, NC	Solar	5 MW	1009 Yadkin Solar, Llc
39.1 mi	Morganton Station 5 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
39.2 mi	Statesville Delivery No 3 Statesville, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
39.2 mi	Two Lines Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
39.3 mi	Stony Knoll Solar, Llc Rockford, NC	Solar	23 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
40.7 mi	Apple One Newton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
40.8 mi	Sigmon Catawba Farm Newton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
41.2 mi	Fries Hydroelectric Project Fries, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
41.4 mi	Bridgewater Morganton, NC	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
41.7 mi	Iredell County Lfg Facility Statesville, NC	Biomass	3 MW	Iredell Transmission Llc
42.2 mi	Owen Solar Lincolnton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Owen Solar Llc
42.3 mi	Apple Data Center - Fuel Cell 1&2 Maiden, NC	Natural Gas	—	Apple, Inc
42.4 mi	Apple Data Center Pv Maiden, NC	Solar	21 MW	Apple, Inc
42.4 mi	Yadkinville Solar Yadkinville, NC	Solar	4 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
43.0 mi	Maiden Creek Solar Power Plant Maiden, NC	Solar	69 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
43.5 mi	Maiden Finger Street Maiden, NC	Oil	—	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
43.5 mi	Maiden Community Center Maiden, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
44.0 mi	River Trail Solar, Llc Galax, VA	Solar	—	River Trail Solar, Llc
44.1 mi	Two Hearted Solar,llc East Bend, NC	Solar	—	Two Hearted Solar, Llc
44.2 mi	Watauga Elizabethton, TN	Hydroelectric	58 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
44.2 mi	Wilbur Elizabethon, TN	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
44.6 mi	1008 Matthews Solar East Bend, NC	Solar	5 MW	1008 Matthews Solar, Llc
45.4 mi	Tripple State Farm Statesville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
45.7 mi	Ararat Rock Solar, Llc Mount Airy, NC	Solar	4 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
46.1 mi	Mayberry Solar Llc Mt. Airy, NC	Solar	1 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
46.7 mi	Marshall (Nc) Terrell, NC	Coal	2,119 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
46.8 mi	Coc Surry Lfg, Llc Mount Airy, NC	Biomass	2 MW	Petra Engineering
46.8 mi	Haynes Farm Lincolnton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
46.8 mi	South Holston Bristol, TN	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
46.9 mi	Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Appalachian Power Co
47.4 mi	Perendale Holdings, Llc Mocksville, NC	Solar	—	Perendale Holdings, Llc
47.7 mi	Statesville Solar Cleveland, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
48.1 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
49.4 mi	Quail Holdings Mocksville, NC	Solar	—	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
49.9 mi	Lincolnton High School Lincolnton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1

Power generation near this area

There are 72 power plants within 50 miles of Purlear, North Carolina (ZIP 28665), with a combined 2,797 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 47 of the 72 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wilkes Solar, Llc at 17.4 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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