Power Plants Near 28777 — Spruce Pine, NC

68 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28777 (Spruce Pine, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.9060, -82.0705 · County: Mitchell

Natural Gas 60%Hydroelectric 23%Solar 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
17.3 mi	Bridgewater Morganton, NC	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
21.8 mi	Morganton Station 5 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
22.4 mi	Water Filter Plant #2 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
24.4 mi	Catawba River Pollution Control Morganton, NC	Oil	1 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
26.2 mi	Morganton, Parker Road Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
28.2 mi	Drexel Operations Center Drexel, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
29.9 mi	Bernhardt Furniture Solar Farm Lenoir, NC	Solar	1 MW	Bernhardt Furniture Company
30.2 mi	Watauga Elizabethton, TN	Hydroelectric	58 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
30.3 mi	Wilbur Elizabethon, TN	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
32.1 mi	Ivy River Hydro Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Madison Hydro Partners
32.5 mi	Westminister Nc Rutherfordton, NC	Solar	—	Ecoplexus, Inc
32.5 mi	Woodfin Woodfin, NC	Natural Gas	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
32.7 mi	Mountain Home Energy Center Mountain Home, TN	Oil	7 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
33.8 mi	Lake Lure Lake Lure, NC	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Lake Lure Town Of
34.1 mi	Woodfin Solar Asheville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
34.5 mi	Metropolitan Sewerage District Asheville, NC	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Metropolitan Sewerage District
34.7 mi	Riverside Bess Asheville, NC	Battery Storage	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
34.7 mi	Sr Jonesborough Jonesborough, TN	Solar	4 MW	Sr Jonesborough Ii, Llc
35.6 mi	Asheville-Rock Hill Battery Asheville, NC	Other Fossil	9 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
36.6 mi	Rhodhiss Rhodhiss, NC	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
37.6 mi	Biltmore Solar Fields Asheville, NC	Solar	2 MW	The Biltmore Company
38.1 mi	Dragstrip Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
38.5 mi	Marshall Dam Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
38.8 mi	Cline Solar Farm, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cline Solar, Llc
38.9 mi	Granite Falls Walmart Granite Falls, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
39.1 mi	Lincoln Solar, Llc (Nc) Bostic, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
39.2 mi	Innovative Solar 26, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
39.6 mi	Innovative Solar 18, Llc Bostic, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
39.6 mi	Brighter Future Solar Granite Falls, NC	Solar	11 MW	Brighter Future Solar Llc
39.8 mi	Innovative Solar 6 Leicester, NC	Solar	4 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
39.9 mi	Bostic Delivery No 2 Bostic, NC	Oil	1 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
39.9 mi	Asheville Arden, NC	Natural Gas	1,012 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
40.0 mi	Turner Shoals Mill Springs, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Northbrook Carolina Hydro Llc
40.2 mi	Sawtell Solar Hendersonville, NC	Solar	3 MW	Sawtell Solar, Llc
40.5 mi	Innovative Solar 14, Llc Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
40.6 mi	Innovative Solar 16 Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
41.1 mi	Gamble Solar Bostic, NC	Solar	3 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
41.5 mi	Enka Enka, NC	Coal	—	Basf Corporation
41.5 mi	Amethyst Solar Forest City, NC	Solar	3 MW	Amethyst Solar Llc
42.2 mi	Boone Dam Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	106 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
42.2 mi	Hot Springs Energy Storage & Microgrid Hot Springs, NC	Solar	6 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
42.3 mi	Sr Greenville Ii Greeneville, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville Ii, Llc
42.4 mi	Sr Washington I, Llc Jonesborough, TN	Solar	9 MW	Sr Washington I, Llc
42.7 mi	South Holston Bristol, TN	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
43.2 mi	Sr Gray Gray, TN	Solar	—	Sr Gray, Llc
43.2 mi	Clear Solar I, Llc Forest City, NC	Solar	4 MW	Clear Solar I, Llc
43.6 mi	Belwood Farm Lawndale, NC	Solar	4 MW	Palmetto Power Management Llc
44.0 mi	Ruff Solar Llc Ellenboro, NC	Solar	22 MW	Sol Systems
44.0 mi	Innovative Solar 15, Llc Ellenboro, NC	Solar	2 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
44.2 mi	Sr Greenville I Limestone, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville I, Llc
44.5 mi	Old Caroleen Solar Farm Forest City, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
45.9 mi	Two Lines Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
46.5 mi	Sophie Solar Mooresboro, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sophie Solar Llc
46.6 mi	Charlotte Solar Forest City, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
46.8 mi	Rutherford Farm Forest City, NC	Solar	75 MW	Southern Power Co
47.1 mi	Shelby, Nc Shelby, NC	Oil	4 MW	Electric Glass Fiber America, Llc.
47.2 mi	Audrey Solar Shelby, NC	Solar	3 MW	Audrey Solar Llc
47.5 mi	Apex Nc Solar Lawndale, NC	Solar	—	Apex Nc Solar, Llc
47.7 mi	Fort Patrick Henry Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	59 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
47.7 mi	Warbler Holdings Shelby, NC	Solar	4 MW	Solriver Capital Llc
47.8 mi	Owen Solar Lincolnton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Owen Solar Llc
48.2 mi	Flash Solar Conover, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
48.3 mi	Bristol Plant Bristol, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
49.1 mi	Tuxedo Flat Rock, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Northbrook Tuxedo, Llc
49.1 mi	233 Randolph 74 Solar I, Llc Shelby, NC	Solar	2 MW	233 Randolph 74 Solar I, Llc
49.3 mi	Shelby Randolph Road Solar 1, Llc Shelby, NC	Solar	2 MW	Sre Utility Solar 1, Llc
49.5 mi	Oxford Dam Conover, NC	Hydroelectric	36 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
49.7 mi	Apple Data Center - Pv2 Conover, NC	Solar	20 MW	Apple, Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 68 power plants within 50 miles of Spruce Pine, North Carolina (ZIP 28777), with a combined 1,678 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 39 of the 68 nearby plants. The closest plant is Bridgewater at 17.3 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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