Power Plants Near 28714 — Burnsville, NC

55 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28714 (Burnsville, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.9030, -82.2876 · County: Yancey

Natural Gas 73%Hydroelectric 16%Other Fossil 7%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
20.6 mi	Ivy River Hydro Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Madison Hydro Partners
23.1 mi	Woodfin Woodfin, NC	Natural Gas	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
24.2 mi	Woodfin Solar Asheville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
24.7 mi	Metropolitan Sewerage District Asheville, NC	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Metropolitan Sewerage District
25.0 mi	Riverside Bess Asheville, NC	Battery Storage	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
27.4 mi	Sr Jonesborough Jonesborough, TN	Solar	4 MW	Sr Jonesborough Ii, Llc
27.5 mi	Marshall Dam Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
27.6 mi	Bridgewater Morganton, NC	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
28.2 mi	Asheville-Rock Hill Battery Asheville, NC	Other Fossil	9 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
28.5 mi	Mountain Home Energy Center Mountain Home, TN	Oil	7 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
29.0 mi	Biltmore Solar Fields Asheville, NC	Solar	2 MW	The Biltmore Company
29.1 mi	Innovative Solar 6 Leicester, NC	Solar	4 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
30.1 mi	Hot Springs Energy Storage & Microgrid Hot Springs, NC	Solar	6 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
31.6 mi	Watauga Elizabethton, TN	Hydroelectric	58 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
31.6 mi	Wilbur Elizabethon, TN	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
32.1 mi	Sr Greenville Ii Greeneville, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville Ii, Llc
32.5 mi	Morganton Station 5 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
32.6 mi	Enka Enka, NC	Coal	—	Basf Corporation
32.9 mi	Asheville Arden, NC	Natural Gas	1,012 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
33.4 mi	Water Filter Plant #2 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
33.5 mi	Lake Lure Lake Lure, NC	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Lake Lure Town Of
35.3 mi	Sr Washington I, Llc Jonesborough, TN	Solar	9 MW	Sr Washington I, Llc
35.5 mi	Sr Greenville I Limestone, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville I, Llc
36.0 mi	Catawba River Pollution Control Morganton, NC	Oil	1 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
36.5 mi	Sawtell Solar Hendersonville, NC	Solar	3 MW	Sawtell Solar, Llc
37.1 mi	Innovative Solar 14, Llc Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
37.2 mi	Morganton, Parker Road Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
37.4 mi	Westminister Nc Rutherfordton, NC	Solar	—	Ecoplexus, Inc
37.4 mi	Innovative Solar 16 Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
38.1 mi	Boone Dam Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	106 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
38.5 mi	Sr Gray Gray, TN	Solar	—	Sr Gray, Llc
39.6 mi	Drexel Operations Center Drexel, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
39.7 mi	Turner Shoals Mill Springs, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Northbrook Carolina Hydro Llc
42.0 mi	Sr Albany, Llc Greenville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Albany, Llc
42.0 mi	Bernhardt Furniture Solar Farm Lenoir, NC	Solar	1 MW	Bernhardt Furniture Company
42.9 mi	Fort Patrick Henry Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	59 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
44.2 mi	South Holston Bristol, TN	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
44.8 mi	Lincoln Solar, Llc (Nc) Bostic, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
45.0 mi	Innovative Solar 10 Canton, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
45.1 mi	Tennessee Eastman Operations Kingsport, TN	Other Fossil	194 MW	Eastman Chemical Co-Tn Ops
45.1 mi	Walters Waterville, NC	Hydroelectric	108 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
45.2 mi	Bostic Delivery No 2 Bostic, NC	Oil	1 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
45.3 mi	Amethyst Solar Forest City, NC	Solar	3 MW	Amethyst Solar Llc
45.6 mi	Innovative Solar 18, Llc Bostic, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
45.8 mi	Tuxedo Flat Rock, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Northbrook Tuxedo, Llc
46.5 mi	Gamble Solar Bostic, NC	Solar	3 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
47.3 mi	Domtar Kingsport Mill Kingsport, TN	Natural Gas	50 MW	Domtar Paper Co Llc Kingsport Mill
48.1 mi	Clear Solar I, Llc Forest City, NC	Solar	4 MW	Clear Solar I, Llc
48.4 mi	Rhodhiss Rhodhiss, NC	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
49.0 mi	Bristol Plant Bristol, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
49.6 mi	Old Caroleen Solar Farm Forest City, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
49.8 mi	Dragstrip Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
49.9 mi	Ruff Solar Llc Ellenboro, NC	Solar	22 MW	Sol Systems
49.9 mi	Innovative Solar 15, Llc Ellenboro, NC	Solar	2 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
50.0 mi	John Sevier Rogersville, TN	Natural Gas	997 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 55 power plants within 50 miles of Burnsville, North Carolina (ZIP 28714), with a combined 2,834 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 25 of the 55 nearby plants. The closest plant is Ivy River Hydro at 20.6 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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