Power Plants Near 28690 — Valdese, NC

100 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28690 (Valdese, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.7447, -81.5670 · County: Burke

Natural Gas 49%Nuclear 22%Coal 19%Solar 5%Hydroelectric 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.3 mi	Drexel Operations Center Drexel, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
5.6 mi	Morganton, Parker Road Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
5.9 mi	Catawba River Pollution Control Morganton, NC	Oil	1 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
7.4 mi	Bernhardt Furniture Solar Farm Lenoir, NC	Solar	1 MW	Bernhardt Furniture Company
7.5 mi	Rhodhiss Rhodhiss, NC	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
8.5 mi	Dragstrip Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
8.6 mi	Cline Solar Farm, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cline Solar, Llc
9.0 mi	Innovative Solar 26, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
9.0 mi	Water Filter Plant #2 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
10.1 mi	Granite Falls Walmart Granite Falls, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
10.2 mi	Morganton Station 5 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
12.0 mi	Brighter Future Solar Granite Falls, NC	Solar	11 MW	Brighter Future Solar Llc
15.2 mi	Bridgewater Morganton, NC	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
15.7 mi	Two Lines Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
17.9 mi	Owen Solar Lincolnton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Owen Solar Llc
19.0 mi	Flash Solar Conover, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
19.3 mi	Belwood Farm Lawndale, NC	Solar	4 MW	Palmetto Power Management Llc
20.0 mi	Apple Data Center - Fuel Cell 1&2 Maiden, NC	Natural Gas	—	Apple, Inc
20.1 mi	Apple Data Center - Pv2 Conover, NC	Solar	20 MW	Apple, Inc
20.3 mi	Sigmon Catawba Farm Newton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
20.7 mi	Apple Data Center Pv Maiden, NC	Solar	21 MW	Apple, Inc
21.1 mi	Angel Solar Newton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
21.7 mi	Oxford Dam Conover, NC	Hydroelectric	36 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
22.1 mi	Arndt Farm Claremont, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
22.4 mi	Maiden Finger Street Maiden, NC	Oil	—	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
22.4 mi	Sonne Two Newton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Heelstone Energy Holdings, Llc
23.2 mi	Maiden Community Center Maiden, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
23.3 mi	Apex Nc Solar Lawndale, NC	Solar	—	Apex Nc Solar, Llc
23.5 mi	Apple Data Center Pv3 Conover, NC	Solar	18 MW	Apple, Inc
23.7 mi	Ventura Solar, Llc Taylorsville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sol Systems
24.0 mi	Haynes Farm Lincolnton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
24.4 mi	Apple One Newton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
24.4 mi	Old Catawba Pv 1 Claremont, NC	Solar	4 MW	Ecoplexus, Inc
24.8 mi	Maiden Creek Solar Power Plant Maiden, NC	Solar	69 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
25.2 mi	Lincolnton High School Lincolnton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
25.8 mi	Taylorsville Solar Llc Taylorsville, NC	Solar	1 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
26.8 mi	Lookout Shoals Statesville, NC	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
27.4 mi	Cherryville City Hall Cherryville, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
28.0 mi	Stikeleather Farm Hiddenite, NC	Solar	5 MW	Stikeleather Farm, Llc
28.3 mi	Waco Farm Waco, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
28.3 mi	Westminister Nc Rutherfordton, NC	Solar	—	Ecoplexus, Inc
28.4 mi	Innovative Solar 18, Llc Bostic, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
28.9 mi	Lincoln Solar, Llc (Nc) Bostic, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
29.0 mi	Audrey Solar Shelby, NC	Solar	3 MW	Audrey Solar Llc
29.1 mi	Shelby, Nc Shelby, NC	Oil	4 MW	Electric Glass Fiber America, Llc.
29.6 mi	Warbler Holdings Shelby, NC	Solar	4 MW	Solriver Capital Llc
29.9 mi	233 Randolph 74 Solar I, Llc Shelby, NC	Solar	2 MW	233 Randolph 74 Solar I, Llc
30.1 mi	Shelby Randolph Road Solar 1, Llc Shelby, NC	Solar	2 MW	Sre Utility Solar 1, Llc
30.4 mi	Bostic Delivery No 2 Bostic, NC	Oil	1 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
30.6 mi	Shelby, Toms Street Shelby, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
30.8 mi	Gamble Solar Bostic, NC	Solar	3 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
31.0 mi	High Shoals Pv1 High Shoals, NC	Solar	16 MW	Pine Gate Renewables
31.2 mi	Sophie Solar Mooresboro, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sophie Solar Llc
31.3 mi	Ruff Solar Llc Ellenboro, NC	Solar	22 MW	Sol Systems
31.4 mi	Innovative Solar 15, Llc Ellenboro, NC	Solar	2 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
31.4 mi	Neisler Street Solar Shelby, NC	Solar	2 MW	Neisler Street Solar I, Llc
31.8 mi	High Shoals Hydro (Nc) High Shoals, NC	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
32.0 mi	Ayrshire Shelby, NC	Solar	19 MW	Cd Global Solar Holdings, Llc
33.3 mi	Gaston County Renewable Energy Center Dallas, NC	Biomass	4 MW	Gaston County Solid Waste And Recycling Division
33.4 mi	County Home Solar Center, Llc Shelby, NC	Solar	2 MW	Heelstone Energy Holdings, Llc
33.6 mi	Hutchinson Farm Shelby, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
33.8 mi	Sid Solar I, Llc Shelby, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sre Utility Solar 1, Llc
33.8 mi	Old Caroleen Solar Farm Forest City, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
33.9 mi	Clear Solar I, Llc Forest City, NC	Solar	4 MW	Clear Solar I, Llc
34.0 mi	Shelby Solar Energy Generation Facility Shelby, NC	Solar	1 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
34.5 mi	Innovative Solar 23 Kings Mountain, NC	Solar	2 MW	Sre Utility Solar 1, Llc
35.2 mi	Statesville, Highway 64 Statesville, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
35.2 mi	Marshall (Nc) Terrell, NC	Coal	2,119 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
35.4 mi	Lafayette Solar I, Llc Shelby, NC	Solar	2 MW	Sre Utility Solar 1, Llc
35.4 mi	232 Long Branch 29 Solar I, Llc Shelby, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cardinal Renewables
35.4 mi	231 Dixon 74 Solar I, Llc Kings Mountain, NC	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
35.6 mi	Lux Solar, Llc Kings Mountain, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
35.8 mi	Amethyst Solar Forest City, NC	Solar	3 MW	Amethyst Solar Llc
36.3 mi	Charlotte Solar Forest City, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
36.6 mi	Gastonia Prime Power Park Dallas, NC	Oil	12 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
36.8 mi	Rutherford Farm Forest City, NC	Solar	75 MW	Southern Power Co
36.9 mi	Lincoln Combustion Stanley, NC	Natural Gas	1,754 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
37.2 mi	Mariposa Solar Center Llc Stanley, NC	Solar	5 MW	Heelstone Energy Holdings, Llc
37.5 mi	Gastonia, Tulip Drive Gastonia, NC	Oil	5 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
37.8 mi	James E. Rogers Energy Complex Cliffside, NC	Natural Gas	1,531 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
38.0 mi	Gaston Solar Power Plant Cherryville Township, NC	Solar	25 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
38.3 mi	Long Creek Waste Water Plant Dallas, NC	Oil	5 MW	City Of Gastonia
38.4 mi	York Road Solar I, Llc Kings Mountain, NC	Solar	2 MW	Sre Utility Solar 1, Llc
38.6 mi	Battleground Kings Mountain, NC	Solar	4 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
38.7 mi	Dixon Dairy Road Solar Kings Mountain, NC	Solar	4 MW	Palmetto Power Management Llc
38.8 mi	Freemont Solar Center Llc Stanley, NC	Solar	5 MW	Heelstone Energy Holdings, Llc
38.8 mi	Auten Road Farm, Llc Gastonia, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
39.1 mi	Hornet Solar Gaston, NC	Solar	—	Hornet Solar Llc
39.2 mi	Roper Farm, Llc Grover, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
39.2 mi	Kings Mountain Energy Center Kings Mountain, NC	Natural Gas	544 MW	Carolina Power Partners, Llc
39.5 mi	Beetle Solar Mooresboro, NC	Solar	4 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
39.8 mi	Broad River Solar, Llc Mooresboro, NC	Solar	50 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
40.1 mi	Statesville Delivery No 3 Statesville, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
40.3 mi	Cowans Ford Stanley, NC	Hydroelectric	350 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
40.4 mi	Gaston Memorial Hospital Gastonia, NC	Oil	2 MW	City Of Gastonia
40.6 mi	Cleveland Cnty Generating Facility Kings Mountain, NC	Natural Gas	736 MW	Southern Power Co
40.9 mi	Mcguire Huntersville, NC	Nuclear	2,441 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
41.1 mi	Lake Lure Lake Lure, NC	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Lake Lure Town Of
41.1 mi	Mill Creek (Sc) Blacksburg, SC	Natural Gas	799 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
41.5 mi	Gastonia Solar Center Gastonia, NC	Solar	4 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 100 power plants within 50 miles of Valdese, North Carolina (ZIP 28690), with a combined 10,980 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 65 of the 100 nearby plants. The closest plant is Drexel Operations Center at 2.3 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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