Power Plants Near 28740 — Green Mountain, NC

48 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28740 (Green Mountain, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.9937, -82.2590 · County: Yancey

Natural Gas 76%Hydroelectric 15%Other Fossil 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
22.8 mi	Mountain Home Energy Center Mountain Home, TN	Oil	7 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
23.1 mi	Sr Jonesborough Jonesborough, TN	Solar	4 MW	Sr Jonesborough Ii, Llc
25.1 mi	Watauga Elizabethton, TN	Hydroelectric	58 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
25.2 mi	Wilbur Elizabethon, TN	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
25.3 mi	Ivy River Hydro Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Madison Hydro Partners
29.0 mi	Woodfin Woodfin, NC	Natural Gas	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
29.3 mi	Bridgewater Morganton, NC	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
29.9 mi	Woodfin Solar Asheville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
30.1 mi	Sr Greenville Ii Greeneville, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville Ii, Llc
30.5 mi	Metropolitan Sewerage District Asheville, NC	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Metropolitan Sewerage District
30.8 mi	Riverside Bess Asheville, NC	Battery Storage	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
30.9 mi	Sr Washington I, Llc Jonesborough, TN	Solar	9 MW	Sr Washington I, Llc
32.2 mi	Sr Greenville I Limestone, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville I, Llc
32.3 mi	Marshall Dam Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
32.4 mi	Boone Dam Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	106 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
32.5 mi	Hot Springs Energy Storage & Microgrid Hot Springs, NC	Solar	6 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
33.0 mi	Sr Gray Gray, TN	Solar	—	Sr Gray, Llc
34.0 mi	Morganton Station 5 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
34.3 mi	Innovative Solar 6 Leicester, NC	Solar	4 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
34.5 mi	Asheville-Rock Hill Battery Asheville, NC	Other Fossil	9 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
34.6 mi	Water Filter Plant #2 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
35.1 mi	Biltmore Solar Fields Asheville, NC	Solar	2 MW	The Biltmore Company
36.5 mi	Catawba River Pollution Control Morganton, NC	Oil	1 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
37.5 mi	Fort Patrick Henry Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	59 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
37.8 mi	South Holston Bristol, TN	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
38.4 mi	Morganton, Parker Road Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
38.6 mi	Enka Enka, NC	Coal	—	Basf Corporation
39.3 mi	Asheville Arden, NC	Natural Gas	1,012 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
39.5 mi	Lake Lure Lake Lure, NC	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Lake Lure Town Of
39.8 mi	Tennessee Eastman Operations Kingsport, TN	Other Fossil	194 MW	Eastman Chemical Co-Tn Ops
40.2 mi	Sr Albany, Llc Greenville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Albany, Llc
40.2 mi	Drexel Operations Center Drexel, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
41.4 mi	Bernhardt Furniture Solar Farm Lenoir, NC	Solar	1 MW	Bernhardt Furniture Company
42.0 mi	Westminister Nc Rutherfordton, NC	Solar	—	Ecoplexus, Inc
42.0 mi	Domtar Kingsport Mill Kingsport, TN	Natural Gas	50 MW	Domtar Paper Co Llc Kingsport Mill
42.5 mi	Bristol Plant Bristol, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
42.9 mi	Sawtell Solar Hendersonville, NC	Solar	3 MW	Sawtell Solar, Llc
43.5 mi	Innovative Solar 14, Llc Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
43.8 mi	Innovative Solar 16 Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
45.7 mi	Turner Shoals Mill Springs, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Northbrook Carolina Hydro Llc
47.1 mi	Wolf Hills Energy Bristol, VA	Natural Gas	285 MW	Middle River Power Ii, Llc
47.4 mi	John Sevier Rogersville, TN	Natural Gas	997 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
48.4 mi	Rhodhiss Rhodhiss, NC	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
48.9 mi	Walters Waterville, NC	Hydroelectric	108 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
49.1 mi	Lincoln Solar, Llc (Nc) Bostic, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
49.7 mi	Bostic Delivery No 2 Bostic, NC	Oil	1 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
49.9 mi	Innovative Solar 18, Llc Bostic, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
49.9 mi	Dragstrip Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 48 power plants within 50 miles of Green Mountain, North Carolina (ZIP 28740), with a combined 3,077 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 18 of the 48 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mountain Home Energy Center at 22.8 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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