Power Plants Near 28707 — Balsam, NC

39 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28707 (Balsam, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.4268, -83.0851 · County: Jackson

Hydroelectric 47%Nuclear 38%Natural Gas 14%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.4 mi	Innovative Solar 10 Canton, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
12.0 mi	Cedar Cliff Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
12.7 mi	Tuckasegee Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
12.7 mi	Bear Creek Dam Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
13.5 mi	Thorpe Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
15.4 mi	Tennessee Creek Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
18.6 mi	Walters Waterville, NC	Hydroelectric	108 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
21.6 mi	Franklin (Nc) Franklin, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Northbrook Carolina Hydro Ii, Llc
25.6 mi	Enka Enka, NC	Coal	—	Basf Corporation
26.4 mi	Innovative Solar 6 Leicester, NC	Solar	4 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
28.4 mi	Marshall Dam Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
29.4 mi	Bad Creek Salem, SC	Hydroelectric	1,584 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
29.4 mi	Biltmore Solar Fields Asheville, NC	Solar	2 MW	The Biltmore Company
30.8 mi	Asheville Arden, NC	Natural Gas	1,012 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
31.2 mi	Riverside Bess Asheville, NC	Battery Storage	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
31.4 mi	Metropolitan Sewerage District Asheville, NC	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Metropolitan Sewerage District
31.8 mi	Woodfin Solar Asheville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
32.9 mi	Asheville-Rock Hill Battery Asheville, NC	Other Fossil	9 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
33.4 mi	Woodfin Woodfin, NC	Natural Gas	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
33.7 mi	Jocassee Salem, SC	Hydroelectric	774 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
35.0 mi	Queens Creek Topton, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
35.0 mi	Nantahala Topton, NC	Hydroelectric	43 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
35.2 mi	Hot Springs Energy Storage & Microgrid Hot Springs, NC	Solar	6 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
35.4 mi	Ivy River Hydro Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Madison Hydro Partners
36.7 mi	Multitrade Rabun Gap, Llc Rabun Gap, GA	Biomass	18 MW	Multitrade Rabun Gap Llc
40.1 mi	Sawtell Solar Hendersonville, NC	Solar	3 MW	Sawtell Solar, Llc
40.6 mi	Fontana Dam Fontana Dam, NC	Hydroelectric	255 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
41.2 mi	Innovative Solar 14, Llc Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
41.2 mi	Tuxedo Flat Rock, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Northbrook Tuxedo, Llc
41.6 mi	Innovative Solar 16 Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
43.9 mi	Santeetlah Robbinsville, NC	Hydroelectric	45 MW	Brookfield Smoky Mountain Hydropower Lp
44.9 mi	Keowee Seneca, SC	Hydroelectric	158 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
44.9 mi	Douglas Dam Dandridge, TN	Hydroelectric	151 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.0 mi	Oconee Seneca, SC	Nuclear	2,667 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
47.5 mi	Cornell Dubilier Liberty, SC	Oil	—	South Carolina Public Service Authority
48.1 mi	Cheoah Tapoco, NC	Hydroelectric	140 MW	Brookfield Smoky Mountain Hydropower Lp
48.8 mi	Chatuge Hayesville, NC	Hydroelectric	13 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.4 mi	Terrora Tallulah Falls, GA	Hydroelectric	16 MW	Georgia Power Co
49.4 mi	Sr White Pine, Llc White Pine, TN	Solar	2 MW	Sr White Pine, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 39 power plants within 50 miles of Balsam, North Carolina (ZIP 28707), with a combined 7,085 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 22 of the 39 nearby plants. The closest plant is Innovative Solar 10 at 11.4 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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