Power Plants Near 28786 — Waynesville, NC

38 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28786 (Waynesville, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.5018, -82.9913 · County: Haywood

Hydroelectric 46%Nuclear 38%Natural Gas 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.0 mi	Innovative Solar 10 Canton, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
13.7 mi	Walters Waterville, NC	Hydroelectric	108 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
18.2 mi	Cedar Cliff Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
18.5 mi	Bear Creek Dam Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
19.1 mi	Innovative Solar 6 Leicester, NC	Solar	4 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
19.2 mi	Tuckasegee Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
19.3 mi	Enka Enka, NC	Coal	—	Basf Corporation
19.9 mi	Tennessee Creek Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
20.0 mi	Thorpe Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
21.0 mi	Marshall Dam Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
23.0 mi	Biltmore Solar Fields Asheville, NC	Solar	2 MW	The Biltmore Company
24.2 mi	Riverside Bess Asheville, NC	Battery Storage	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
24.3 mi	Metropolitan Sewerage District Asheville, NC	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Metropolitan Sewerage District
24.6 mi	Woodfin Solar Asheville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
25.4 mi	Asheville Arden, NC	Natural Gas	1,012 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
26.4 mi	Woodfin Woodfin, NC	Natural Gas	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
26.8 mi	Asheville-Rock Hill Battery Asheville, NC	Other Fossil	9 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
28.0 mi	Ivy River Hydro Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Madison Hydro Partners
28.4 mi	Hot Springs Energy Storage & Microgrid Hot Springs, NC	Solar	6 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
28.9 mi	Franklin (Nc) Franklin, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Northbrook Carolina Hydro Ii, Llc
34.2 mi	Bad Creek Salem, SC	Hydroelectric	1,584 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
35.6 mi	Sawtell Solar Hendersonville, NC	Solar	3 MW	Sawtell Solar, Llc
36.8 mi	Innovative Solar 14, Llc Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
37.3 mi	Innovative Solar 16 Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
37.7 mi	Jocassee Salem, SC	Hydroelectric	774 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
38.3 mi	Tuxedo Flat Rock, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Northbrook Tuxedo, Llc
41.7 mi	Queens Creek Topton, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
41.7 mi	Nantahala Topton, NC	Hydroelectric	43 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
43.7 mi	Multitrade Rabun Gap, Llc Rabun Gap, GA	Biomass	18 MW	Multitrade Rabun Gap Llc
44.2 mi	Douglas Dam Dandridge, TN	Hydroelectric	151 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.7 mi	Lake Lure Lake Lure, NC	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Lake Lure Town Of
45.9 mi	Fontana Dam Fontana Dam, NC	Hydroelectric	255 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
46.0 mi	Sr White Pine, Llc White Pine, TN	Solar	2 MW	Sr White Pine, Llc
46.8 mi	Turner Shoals Mill Springs, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Northbrook Carolina Hydro Llc
49.0 mi	Keowee Seneca, SC	Hydroelectric	158 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
49.2 mi	Oconee Seneca, SC	Nuclear	2,667 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
49.2 mi	Santeetlah Robbinsville, NC	Hydroelectric	45 MW	Brookfield Smoky Mountain Hydropower Lp
49.6 mi	Sr Greenville Ii Greeneville, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville Ii, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 38 power plants within 50 miles of Waynesville, North Carolina (ZIP 28786), with a combined 6,930 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 21 of the 38 nearby plants. The closest plant is Innovative Solar 10 at 6.0 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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