Power Plants Near 28801 — Asheville, NC

49 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28801 (Asheville, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.5971, -82.5565 · County: Buncombe

Hydroelectric 68%Natural Gas 27%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.1 mi	Biltmore Solar Fields Asheville, NC	Solar	2 MW	The Biltmore Company
3.7 mi	Woodfin Woodfin, NC	Natural Gas	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
3.9 mi	Riverside Bess Asheville, NC	Battery Storage	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
4.4 mi	Metropolitan Sewerage District Asheville, NC	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Metropolitan Sewerage District
4.5 mi	Asheville-Rock Hill Battery Asheville, NC	Other Fossil	9 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
4.9 mi	Woodfin Solar Asheville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
6.9 mi	Enka Enka, NC	Coal	—	Basf Corporation
8.6 mi	Asheville Arden, NC	Natural Gas	1,012 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
9.6 mi	Innovative Solar 6 Leicester, NC	Solar	4 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
11.3 mi	Marshall Dam Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
12.5 mi	Ivy River Hydro Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Madison Hydro Partners
18.1 mi	Sawtell Solar Hendersonville, NC	Solar	3 MW	Sawtell Solar, Llc
19.3 mi	Innovative Solar 14, Llc Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
19.9 mi	Innovative Solar 16 Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
20.6 mi	Innovative Solar 10 Canton, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
24.1 mi	Lake Lure Lake Lure, NC	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Lake Lure Town Of
25.3 mi	Hot Springs Energy Storage & Microgrid Hot Springs, NC	Solar	6 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
26.1 mi	Tuxedo Flat Rock, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Northbrook Tuxedo, Llc
27.6 mi	Turner Shoals Mill Springs, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Northbrook Carolina Hydro Llc
28.5 mi	Walters Waterville, NC	Hydroelectric	108 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
36.5 mi	Tennessee Creek Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
37.2 mi	Westminister Nc Rutherfordton, NC	Solar	—	Ecoplexus, Inc
38.0 mi	Bear Creek Dam Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
38.7 mi	Cedar Cliff Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
40.3 mi	Tuckasegee Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
40.4 mi	Amethyst Solar Forest City, NC	Solar	3 MW	Amethyst Solar Llc
40.7 mi	Thorpe Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
41.6 mi	Bridgewater Morganton, NC	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
42.3 mi	Sr Greenville Ii Greeneville, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville Ii, Llc
43.8 mi	Bostic Delivery No 2 Bostic, NC	Oil	1 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
44.2 mi	Lincoln Solar, Llc (Nc) Bostic, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
44.9 mi	Clear Solar I, Llc Forest City, NC	Solar	4 MW	Clear Solar I, Llc
45.0 mi	Gamble Solar Bostic, NC	Solar	3 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
45.3 mi	Sr Jonesborough Jonesborough, TN	Solar	4 MW	Sr Jonesborough Ii, Llc
45.4 mi	Innovative Solar 18, Llc Bostic, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
45.7 mi	Ballenger Road Solar A Inman, SC	Solar	2 MW	Ballenger Road Solar A
46.3 mi	Morganton Station 5 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
46.7 mi	Old Caroleen Solar Farm Forest City, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
47.1 mi	Rutherford Farm Forest City, NC	Solar	75 MW	Southern Power Co
47.3 mi	Spartanburg Water System Chesnee, SC	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Spartanburg Commissioners Pw
47.4 mi	Charlotte Solar Forest City, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
47.5 mi	Water Filter Plant #2 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
47.7 mi	Wellford Renewable Energy Plant Spartanburg, SC	Biomass	2 MW	Lockhart Power Co
47.7 mi	Bad Creek Salem, SC	Hydroelectric	1,584 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
48.5 mi	Jocassee Salem, SC	Hydroelectric	774 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
48.5 mi	Innovative Solar 15, Llc Ellenboro, NC	Solar	2 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
48.6 mi	Ruff Solar Llc Ellenboro, NC	Solar	22 MW	Sol Systems
48.9 mi	Sr Albany, Llc Greenville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Albany, Llc
48.9 mi	Sr Greenville I Limestone, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville I, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 49 power plants within 50 miles of Asheville, North Carolina (ZIP 28801), with a combined 3,760 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 24 of the 49 nearby plants. The closest plant is Biltmore Solar Fields at 3.1 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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