Power Plants Near 28692 — Vilas, NC

35 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28692 (Vilas, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.2574, -81.7652 · County: Watauga

Hydroelectric 36%Natural Gas 34%Other Fossil 20%Solar 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
20.9 mi	Watauga Elizabethton, TN	Hydroelectric	58 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
20.9 mi	Wilbur Elizabethon, TN	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
25.8 mi	South Holston Bristol, TN	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
30.8 mi	Bernhardt Furniture Solar Farm Lenoir, NC	Solar	1 MW	Bernhardt Furniture Company
31.7 mi	Bristol Plant Bristol, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
33.7 mi	Catawba River Pollution Control Morganton, NC	Oil	1 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
33.9 mi	Wolf Hills Energy Bristol, VA	Natural Gas	285 MW	Middle River Power Ii, Llc
34.3 mi	Mountain Home Energy Center Mountain Home, TN	Oil	7 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
35.8 mi	Bridgewater Morganton, NC	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
36.0 mi	Water Filter Plant #2 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
36.3 mi	Drexel Operations Center Drexel, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
36.5 mi	Morganton Station 5 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
37.5 mi	Morganton, Parker Road Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
37.6 mi	Brighter Future Solar Granite Falls, NC	Solar	11 MW	Brighter Future Solar Llc
38.1 mi	Rhodhiss Rhodhiss, NC	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
38.9 mi	Granite Falls Walmart Granite Falls, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
39.5 mi	Boone Dam Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	106 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
39.6 mi	Dragstrip Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
40.8 mi	Wilkes Solar, Llc Wilkesboro, NC	Solar	—	Wilkes Solar, Llc
41.4 mi	Sr Gray Gray, TN	Solar	—	Sr Gray, Llc
41.8 mi	Taylorsville Solar Llc Taylorsville, NC	Solar	1 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
41.9 mi	Cline Solar Farm, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cline Solar, Llc
42.0 mi	Ventura Solar, Llc Taylorsville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sol Systems
42.1 mi	Sr Jonesborough Jonesborough, TN	Solar	4 MW	Sr Jonesborough Ii, Llc
42.6 mi	Innovative Solar 26, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
44.0 mi	Oxford Dam Conover, NC	Hydroelectric	36 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
44.2 mi	Stikeleather Farm Hiddenite, NC	Solar	5 MW	Stikeleather Farm, Llc
44.6 mi	Fort Patrick Henry Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	59 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.7 mi	Flash Solar Conover, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
46.7 mi	Arndt Farm Claremont, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
46.8 mi	Sr Washington I, Llc Jonesborough, TN	Solar	9 MW	Sr Washington I, Llc
47.0 mi	Tennessee Eastman Operations Kingsport, TN	Other Fossil	194 MW	Eastman Chemical Co-Tn Ops
47.5 mi	Apple Data Center - Pv2 Conover, NC	Solar	20 MW	Apple, Inc
48.9 mi	Domtar Kingsport Mill Kingsport, TN	Natural Gas	50 MW	Domtar Paper Co Llc Kingsport Mill
49.9 mi	Two Lines Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 35 power plants within 50 miles of Vilas, North Carolina (ZIP 28692), with a combined 995 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 16 of the 35 nearby plants. The closest plant is Watauga at 20.9 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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