Power Plants Near 28701 — Alexander, NC

37 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28701 (Alexander, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.7064, -82.6311 · County: Buncombe

Natural Gas 88%Hydroelectric 9%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.7 mi	Woodfin Solar Asheville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
4.3 mi	Metropolitan Sewerage District Asheville, NC	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Metropolitan Sewerage District
4.5 mi	Marshall Dam Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
4.6 mi	Ivy River Hydro Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Madison Hydro Partners
4.8 mi	Riverside Bess Asheville, NC	Battery Storage	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
5.6 mi	Innovative Solar 6 Leicester, NC	Solar	4 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
5.7 mi	Woodfin Woodfin, NC	Natural Gas	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
10.3 mi	Biltmore Solar Fields Asheville, NC	Solar	2 MW	The Biltmore Company
12.0 mi	Enka Enka, NC	Coal	—	Basf Corporation
13.1 mi	Asheville-Rock Hill Battery Asheville, NC	Other Fossil	9 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
16.7 mi	Hot Springs Energy Storage & Microgrid Hot Springs, NC	Solar	6 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
16.9 mi	Asheville Arden, NC	Natural Gas	1,012 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
21.7 mi	Innovative Solar 10 Canton, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
23.5 mi	Walters Waterville, NC	Hydroelectric	108 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
26.7 mi	Sawtell Solar Hendersonville, NC	Solar	3 MW	Sawtell Solar, Llc
27.9 mi	Innovative Solar 14, Llc Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
28.5 mi	Innovative Solar 16 Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
31.7 mi	Lake Lure Lake Lure, NC	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Lake Lure Town Of
34.0 mi	Sr Greenville Ii Greeneville, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville Ii, Llc
34.7 mi	Tuxedo Flat Rock, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Northbrook Tuxedo, Llc
35.8 mi	Turner Shoals Mill Springs, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Northbrook Carolina Hydro Llc
38.2 mi	Sr Jonesborough Jonesborough, TN	Solar	4 MW	Sr Jonesborough Ii, Llc
39.9 mi	Tennessee Creek Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
40.3 mi	Sr Albany, Llc Greenville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Albany, Llc
40.5 mi	Bear Creek Dam Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
40.8 mi	Sr Greenville I Limestone, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville I, Llc
40.9 mi	Cedar Cliff Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
42.3 mi	Tuckasegee Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
42.9 mi	Thorpe Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
43.7 mi	Westminister Nc Rutherfordton, NC	Solar	—	Ecoplexus, Inc
44.0 mi	Mountain Home Energy Center Mountain Home, TN	Oil	7 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
44.3 mi	Sr Washington I, Llc Jonesborough, TN	Solar	9 MW	Sr Washington I, Llc
44.6 mi	Bridgewater Morganton, NC	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
46.5 mi	Sr White Pine, Llc White Pine, TN	Solar	2 MW	Sr White Pine, Llc
47.9 mi	Amethyst Solar Forest City, NC	Solar	3 MW	Amethyst Solar Llc
49.6 mi	Morganton Station 5 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
49.9 mi	John Sevier Rogersville, TN	Natural Gas	997 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 37 power plants within 50 miles of Alexander, North Carolina (ZIP 28701), with a combined 2,288 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 16 of the 37 nearby plants. The closest plant is Woodfin Solar at 3.7 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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