Power Plants Near 28705 — Bakersville, NC

50 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28705 (Bakersville, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.0286, -82.1711 · County: Mitchell

Natural Gas 68%Hydroelectric 17%Other Fossil 10%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
21.7 mi	Watauga Elizabethton, TN	Hydroelectric	58 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
21.8 mi	Wilbur Elizabethon, TN	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
22.6 mi	Mountain Home Energy Center Mountain Home, TN	Oil	7 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
24.9 mi	Sr Jonesborough Jonesborough, TN	Solar	4 MW	Sr Jonesborough Ii, Llc
27.2 mi	Bridgewater Morganton, NC	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
30.7 mi	Ivy River Hydro Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Madison Hydro Partners
31.5 mi	Morganton Station 5 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
31.9 mi	Water Filter Plant #2 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
32.1 mi	Boone Dam Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	106 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
32.4 mi	Sr Washington I, Llc Jonesborough, TN	Solar	9 MW	Sr Washington I, Llc
33.0 mi	Sr Gray Gray, TN	Solar	—	Sr Gray, Llc
33.3 mi	Catawba River Pollution Control Morganton, NC	Oil	1 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
33.7 mi	Sr Greenville Ii Greeneville, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville Ii, Llc
34.0 mi	Woodfin Woodfin, NC	Natural Gas	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
34.5 mi	South Holston Bristol, TN	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
34.7 mi	Sr Greenville I Limestone, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville I, Llc
34.9 mi	Woodfin Solar Asheville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
35.5 mi	Metropolitan Sewerage District Asheville, NC	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Metropolitan Sewerage District
35.5 mi	Morganton, Parker Road Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
35.8 mi	Riverside Bess Asheville, NC	Battery Storage	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
37.0 mi	Drexel Operations Center Drexel, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
37.4 mi	Bernhardt Furniture Solar Farm Lenoir, NC	Solar	1 MW	Bernhardt Furniture Company
37.5 mi	Fort Patrick Henry Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	59 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
37.7 mi	Marshall Dam Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
37.8 mi	Hot Springs Energy Storage & Microgrid Hot Springs, NC	Solar	6 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
38.9 mi	Asheville-Rock Hill Battery Asheville, NC	Other Fossil	9 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
39.6 mi	Innovative Solar 6 Leicester, NC	Solar	4 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
39.6 mi	Bristol Plant Bristol, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
39.9 mi	Biltmore Solar Fields Asheville, NC	Solar	2 MW	The Biltmore Company
39.9 mi	Tennessee Eastman Operations Kingsport, TN	Other Fossil	194 MW	Eastman Chemical Co-Tn Ops
41.6 mi	Lake Lure Lake Lure, NC	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Lake Lure Town Of
42.2 mi	Domtar Kingsport Mill Kingsport, TN	Natural Gas	50 MW	Domtar Paper Co Llc Kingsport Mill
42.3 mi	Westminister Nc Rutherfordton, NC	Solar	—	Ecoplexus, Inc
43.5 mi	Enka Enka, NC	Coal	—	Basf Corporation
43.6 mi	Asheville Arden, NC	Natural Gas	1,012 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
43.8 mi	Sr Albany, Llc Greenville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Albany, Llc
44.1 mi	Wolf Hills Energy Bristol, VA	Natural Gas	285 MW	Middle River Power Ii, Llc
44.6 mi	Rhodhiss Rhodhiss, NC	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
46.2 mi	Dragstrip Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
46.3 mi	Sawtell Solar Hendersonville, NC	Solar	3 MW	Sawtell Solar, Llc
46.8 mi	Innovative Solar 14, Llc Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
46.8 mi	Granite Falls Walmart Granite Falls, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
47.0 mi	Innovative Solar 16 Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
47.1 mi	Brighter Future Solar Granite Falls, NC	Solar	11 MW	Brighter Future Solar Llc
47.3 mi	Cline Solar Farm, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cline Solar, Llc
47.8 mi	Innovative Solar 26, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
47.9 mi	Turner Shoals Mill Springs, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Northbrook Carolina Hydro Llc
49.0 mi	Lincoln Solar, Llc (Nc) Bostic, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
49.6 mi	Innovative Solar 18, Llc Bostic, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
49.8 mi	Bostic Delivery No 2 Bostic, NC	Oil	1 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1

Power generation near this area

There are 50 power plants within 50 miles of Bakersville, North Carolina (ZIP 28705), with a combined 1,992 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 21 of the 50 nearby plants. The closest plant is Watauga at 21.7 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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