Power Plants Near 28716 — Canton, NC

38 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28716 (Canton, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.5127, -82.8413 · County: Haywood

Hydroelectric 44%Nuclear 40%Natural Gas 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.9 mi	Innovative Solar 10 Canton, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
10.9 mi	Enka Enka, NC	Coal	—	Basf Corporation
12.4 mi	Innovative Solar 6 Leicester, NC	Solar	4 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
14.6 mi	Biltmore Solar Fields Asheville, NC	Solar	2 MW	The Biltmore Company
15.0 mi	Marshall Dam Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
16.4 mi	Riverside Bess Asheville, NC	Battery Storage	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
16.6 mi	Metropolitan Sewerage District Asheville, NC	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Metropolitan Sewerage District
17.0 mi	Woodfin Solar Asheville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
17.1 mi	Asheville Arden, NC	Natural Gas	1,012 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
17.2 mi	Walters Waterville, NC	Hydroelectric	108 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
18.3 mi	Asheville-Rock Hill Battery Asheville, NC	Other Fossil	9 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
18.6 mi	Woodfin Woodfin, NC	Natural Gas	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
21.8 mi	Ivy River Hydro Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Madison Hydro Partners
22.6 mi	Tennessee Creek Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
22.7 mi	Bear Creek Dam Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
23.1 mi	Cedar Cliff Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
24.5 mi	Tuckasegee Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
25.0 mi	Thorpe Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
26.1 mi	Hot Springs Energy Storage & Microgrid Hot Springs, NC	Solar	6 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
27.7 mi	Sawtell Solar Hendersonville, NC	Solar	3 MW	Sawtell Solar, Llc
29.0 mi	Innovative Solar 14, Llc Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
29.5 mi	Innovative Solar 16 Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
31.5 mi	Tuxedo Flat Rock, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Northbrook Tuxedo, Llc
36.0 mi	Bad Creek Salem, SC	Hydroelectric	1,584 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
36.1 mi	Franklin (Nc) Franklin, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Northbrook Carolina Hydro Ii, Llc
37.5 mi	Lake Lure Lake Lure, NC	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Lake Lure Town Of
38.5 mi	Jocassee Salem, SC	Hydroelectric	774 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
38.9 mi	Turner Shoals Mill Springs, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Northbrook Carolina Hydro Llc
47.2 mi	Sr Greenville Ii Greeneville, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville Ii, Llc
48.8 mi	Cornell Dubilier Liberty, SC	Oil	—	South Carolina Public Service Authority
48.9 mi	Sr White Pine, Llc White Pine, TN	Solar	2 MW	Sr White Pine, Llc
49.1 mi	Multitrade Rabun Gap, Llc Rabun Gap, GA	Biomass	18 MW	Multitrade Rabun Gap Llc
49.4 mi	Keowee Seneca, SC	Hydroelectric	158 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
49.8 mi	Oconee Seneca, SC	Nuclear	2,667 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
49.9 mi	Queens Creek Topton, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
49.9 mi	Nantahala Topton, NC	Hydroelectric	43 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
49.9 mi	Saluda Dam Greenville, SC	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Northbrook Carolina Hydro Llc
50.0 mi	Douglas Dam Dandridge, TN	Hydroelectric	151 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 38 power plants within 50 miles of Canton, North Carolina (ZIP 28716), with a combined 6,632 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 20 of the 38 nearby plants. The closest plant is Innovative Solar 10 at 3.9 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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