Power Plants Near 28679 — Sugar Grove, NC

33 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28679 (Sugar Grove, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.2627, -81.8441 · County: Watauga

Hydroelectric 37%Natural Gas 35%Other Fossil 20%Solar 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
16.6 mi	Watauga Elizabethton, TN	Hydroelectric	58 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
16.6 mi	Wilbur Elizabethon, TN	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
22.6 mi	South Holston Bristol, TN	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
28.7 mi	Bristol Plant Bristol, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
29.9 mi	Mountain Home Energy Center Mountain Home, TN	Oil	7 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
31.3 mi	Wolf Hills Energy Bristol, VA	Natural Gas	285 MW	Middle River Power Ii, Llc
33.2 mi	Bernhardt Furniture Solar Farm Lenoir, NC	Solar	1 MW	Bernhardt Furniture Company
35.1 mi	Catawba River Pollution Control Morganton, NC	Oil	1 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
35.3 mi	Boone Dam Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	106 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
35.9 mi	Bridgewater Morganton, NC	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
36.8 mi	Water Filter Plant #2 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
37.1 mi	Sr Gray Gray, TN	Solar	—	Sr Gray, Llc
37.3 mi	Morganton Station 5 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
37.7 mi	Sr Jonesborough Jonesborough, TN	Solar	4 MW	Sr Jonesborough Ii, Llc
37.9 mi	Drexel Operations Center Drexel, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
38.8 mi	Morganton, Parker Road Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
40.4 mi	Fort Patrick Henry Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	59 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
40.6 mi	Brighter Future Solar Granite Falls, NC	Solar	11 MW	Brighter Future Solar Llc
40.7 mi	Rhodhiss Rhodhiss, NC	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
41.8 mi	Granite Falls Walmart Granite Falls, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
42.3 mi	Dragstrip Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
42.4 mi	Sr Washington I, Llc Jonesborough, TN	Solar	9 MW	Sr Washington I, Llc
42.8 mi	Tennessee Eastman Operations Kingsport, TN	Other Fossil	194 MW	Eastman Chemical Co-Tn Ops
44.5 mi	Cline Solar Farm, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cline Solar, Llc
44.8 mi	Domtar Kingsport Mill Kingsport, TN	Natural Gas	50 MW	Domtar Paper Co Llc Kingsport Mill
45.2 mi	Innovative Solar 26, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
45.2 mi	Wilkes Solar, Llc Wilkesboro, NC	Solar	—	Wilkes Solar, Llc
45.7 mi	Taylorsville Solar Llc Taylorsville, NC	Solar	1 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
45.7 mi	Ventura Solar, Llc Taylorsville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sol Systems
47.5 mi	Oxford Dam Conover, NC	Hydroelectric	36 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
47.7 mi	Sr Greenville I Limestone, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville I, Llc
48.2 mi	Stikeleather Farm Hiddenite, NC	Solar	5 MW	Stikeleather Farm, Llc
48.9 mi	Flash Solar Conover, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables

Power generation near this area

There are 33 power plants within 50 miles of Sugar Grove, North Carolina (ZIP 28679), with a combined 970 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 33 nearby plants. The closest plant is Watauga at 16.6 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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