Power Plants Near 28691 — Valle Crucis, NC

38 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28691 (Valle Crucis, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.2092, -81.7789 · County: Watauga

Hydroelectric 37%Natural Gas 32%Other Fossil 19%Solar 10%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
21.4 mi	Watauga Elizabethton, TN	Hydroelectric	58 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
21.4 mi	Wilbur Elizabethon, TN	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
27.8 mi	South Holston Bristol, TN	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
28.2 mi	Bernhardt Furniture Solar Farm Lenoir, NC	Solar	1 MW	Bernhardt Furniture Company
30.6 mi	Catawba River Pollution Control Morganton, NC	Oil	1 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
32.4 mi	Bridgewater Morganton, NC	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
32.7 mi	Water Filter Plant #2 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
33.2 mi	Morganton Station 5 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
33.3 mi	Drexel Operations Center Drexel, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
33.9 mi	Bristol Plant Bristol, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
34.1 mi	Mountain Home Energy Center Mountain Home, TN	Oil	7 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
34.4 mi	Morganton, Parker Road Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
35.4 mi	Brighter Future Solar Granite Falls, NC	Solar	11 MW	Brighter Future Solar Llc
35.6 mi	Rhodhiss Rhodhiss, NC	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
36.3 mi	Wolf Hills Energy Bristol, VA	Natural Gas	285 MW	Middle River Power Ii, Llc
36.6 mi	Granite Falls Walmart Granite Falls, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
37.2 mi	Dragstrip Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
39.4 mi	Cline Solar Farm, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cline Solar, Llc
40.0 mi	Boone Dam Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	106 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
40.1 mi	Innovative Solar 26, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
40.6 mi	Ventura Solar, Llc Taylorsville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sol Systems
40.7 mi	Taylorsville Solar Llc Taylorsville, NC	Solar	1 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
41.2 mi	Wilkes Solar, Llc Wilkesboro, NC	Solar	—	Wilkes Solar, Llc
41.5 mi	Sr Jonesborough Jonesborough, TN	Solar	4 MW	Sr Jonesborough Ii, Llc
41.8 mi	Sr Gray Gray, TN	Solar	—	Sr Gray, Llc
42.3 mi	Oxford Dam Conover, NC	Hydroelectric	36 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
43.2 mi	Stikeleather Farm Hiddenite, NC	Solar	5 MW	Stikeleather Farm, Llc
43.8 mi	Flash Solar Conover, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
44.9 mi	Arndt Farm Claremont, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
45.2 mi	Fort Patrick Henry Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	59 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.6 mi	Apple Data Center - Pv2 Conover, NC	Solar	20 MW	Apple, Inc
46.6 mi	Sr Washington I, Llc Jonesborough, TN	Solar	9 MW	Sr Washington I, Llc
47.4 mi	Two Lines Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
47.7 mi	Tennessee Eastman Operations Kingsport, TN	Other Fossil	194 MW	Eastman Chemical Co-Tn Ops
49.0 mi	Apple Data Center Pv3 Conover, NC	Solar	18 MW	Apple, Inc
49.6 mi	Lookout Shoals Statesville, NC	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
49.7 mi	Domtar Kingsport Mill Kingsport, TN	Natural Gas	50 MW	Domtar Paper Co Llc Kingsport Mill
49.8 mi	Old Catawba Pv 1 Claremont, NC	Solar	4 MW	Ecoplexus, Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 38 power plants within 50 miles of Valle Crucis, North Carolina (ZIP 28691), with a combined 1,042 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 18 of the 38 nearby plants. The closest plant is Watauga at 21.4 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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