Power Plants Near 28787 — Weaverville, NC

46 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28787 (Weaverville, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.7126, -82.5491 · County: Buncombe

Natural Gas 73%Hydroelectric 20%Solar 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.4 mi	Woodfin Woodfin, NC	Natural Gas	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
4.6 mi	Woodfin Solar Asheville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
5.2 mi	Metropolitan Sewerage District Asheville, NC	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Metropolitan Sewerage District
5.6 mi	Riverside Bess Asheville, NC	Battery Storage	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
5.6 mi	Ivy River Hydro Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Madison Hydro Partners
9.1 mi	Marshall Dam Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
9.8 mi	Innovative Solar 6 Leicester, NC	Solar	4 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
10.7 mi	Biltmore Solar Fields Asheville, NC	Solar	2 MW	The Biltmore Company
12.0 mi	Asheville-Rock Hill Battery Asheville, NC	Other Fossil	9 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
13.6 mi	Enka Enka, NC	Coal	—	Basf Corporation
16.6 mi	Asheville Arden, NC	Natural Gas	1,012 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
19.8 mi	Hot Springs Energy Storage & Microgrid Hot Springs, NC	Solar	6 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
24.9 mi	Sawtell Solar Hendersonville, NC	Solar	3 MW	Sawtell Solar, Llc
25.3 mi	Innovative Solar 10 Canton, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
26.1 mi	Innovative Solar 14, Llc Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
26.6 mi	Innovative Solar 16 Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
28.1 mi	Walters Waterville, NC	Hydroelectric	108 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
28.5 mi	Lake Lure Lake Lure, NC	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Lake Lure Town Of
33.1 mi	Turner Shoals Mill Springs, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Northbrook Carolina Hydro Llc
33.5 mi	Tuxedo Flat Rock, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Northbrook Tuxedo, Llc
34.7 mi	Sr Greenville Ii Greeneville, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville Ii, Llc
37.3 mi	Sr Jonesborough Jonesborough, TN	Solar	4 MW	Sr Jonesborough Ii, Llc
39.7 mi	Westminister Nc Rutherfordton, NC	Solar	—	Ecoplexus, Inc
40.0 mi	Bridgewater Morganton, NC	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
41.1 mi	Sr Greenville I Limestone, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville I, Llc
41.9 mi	Sr Albany, Llc Greenville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Albany, Llc
42.4 mi	Mountain Home Energy Center Mountain Home, TN	Oil	7 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
42.9 mi	Tennessee Creek Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
43.8 mi	Bear Creek Dam Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
43.9 mi	Sr Washington I, Llc Jonesborough, TN	Solar	9 MW	Sr Washington I, Llc
44.3 mi	Cedar Cliff Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
44.4 mi	Amethyst Solar Forest City, NC	Solar	3 MW	Amethyst Solar Llc
44.9 mi	Morganton Station 5 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
45.8 mi	Tuckasegee Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
46.1 mi	Water Filter Plant #2 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
46.3 mi	Thorpe Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
46.9 mi	Bostic Delivery No 2 Bostic, NC	Oil	1 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
47.1 mi	Lincoln Solar, Llc (Nc) Bostic, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
48.2 mi	Gamble Solar Bostic, NC	Solar	3 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
48.3 mi	Innovative Solar 18, Llc Bostic, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
48.6 mi	Clear Solar I, Llc Forest City, NC	Solar	4 MW	Clear Solar I, Llc
49.4 mi	Watauga Elizabethton, TN	Hydroelectric	58 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.5 mi	Wilbur Elizabethon, TN	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.7 mi	Morganton, Parker Road Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
49.8 mi	Catawba River Pollution Control Morganton, NC	Oil	1 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
50.0 mi	Sr White Pine, Llc White Pine, TN	Solar	2 MW	Sr White Pine, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 46 power plants within 50 miles of Weaverville, North Carolina (ZIP 28787), with a combined 1,378 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 20 of the 46 nearby plants. The closest plant is Woodfin at 4.4 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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