Power Plants Near 28804 — Asheville, NC

47 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28804 (Asheville, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.6374, -82.5646 · County: Buncombe

Hydroelectric 60%Natural Gas 34%Solar 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.0 mi	Woodfin Woodfin, NC	Natural Gas	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
1.9 mi	Riverside Bess Asheville, NC	Battery Storage	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
2.1 mi	Metropolitan Sewerage District Asheville, NC	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Metropolitan Sewerage District
2.5 mi	Woodfin Solar Asheville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
5.4 mi	Biltmore Solar Fields Asheville, NC	Solar	2 MW	The Biltmore Company
7.2 mi	Asheville-Rock Hill Battery Asheville, NC	Other Fossil	9 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
8.3 mi	Innovative Solar 6 Leicester, NC	Solar	4 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
8.6 mi	Enka Enka, NC	Coal	—	Basf Corporation
9.3 mi	Marshall Dam Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
9.8 mi	Ivy River Hydro Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Madison Hydro Partners
11.4 mi	Asheville Arden, NC	Natural Gas	1,012 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
20.7 mi	Sawtell Solar Hendersonville, NC	Solar	3 MW	Sawtell Solar, Llc
21.5 mi	Innovative Solar 10 Canton, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
21.9 mi	Innovative Solar 14, Llc Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
22.4 mi	Innovative Solar 16 Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
22.8 mi	Hot Springs Energy Storage & Microgrid Hot Springs, NC	Solar	6 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
25.9 mi	Lake Lure Lake Lure, NC	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Lake Lure Town Of
27.5 mi	Walters Waterville, NC	Hydroelectric	108 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
28.9 mi	Tuxedo Flat Rock, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Northbrook Tuxedo, Llc
29.8 mi	Turner Shoals Mill Springs, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Northbrook Carolina Hydro Llc
38.3 mi	Tennessee Creek Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
38.5 mi	Westminister Nc Rutherfordton, NC	Solar	—	Ecoplexus, Inc
39.5 mi	Sr Greenville Ii Greeneville, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville Ii, Llc
39.5 mi	Bear Creek Dam Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
40.1 mi	Cedar Cliff Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
41.5 mi	Bridgewater Morganton, NC	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
41.6 mi	Tuckasegee Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
42.1 mi	Thorpe Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
42.2 mi	Amethyst Solar Forest City, NC	Solar	3 MW	Amethyst Solar Llc
42.5 mi	Sr Jonesborough Jonesborough, TN	Solar	4 MW	Sr Jonesborough Ii, Llc
45.3 mi	Bostic Delivery No 2 Bostic, NC	Oil	1 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
45.6 mi	Lincoln Solar, Llc (Nc) Bostic, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
46.0 mi	Sr Greenville I Limestone, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville I, Llc
46.1 mi	Sr Albany, Llc Greenville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Albany, Llc
46.3 mi	Morganton Station 5 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
46.5 mi	Gamble Solar Bostic, NC	Solar	3 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
46.6 mi	Clear Solar I, Llc Forest City, NC	Solar	4 MW	Clear Solar I, Llc
46.8 mi	Innovative Solar 18, Llc Bostic, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
47.5 mi	Water Filter Plant #2 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
47.6 mi	Mountain Home Energy Center Mountain Home, TN	Oil	7 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
48.3 mi	Ballenger Road Solar A Inman, SC	Solar	2 MW	Ballenger Road Solar A
48.4 mi	Old Caroleen Solar Farm Forest City, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
48.9 mi	Rutherford Farm Forest City, NC	Solar	75 MW	Southern Power Co
49.1 mi	Sr Washington I, Llc Jonesborough, TN	Solar	9 MW	Sr Washington I, Llc
49.2 mi	Charlotte Solar Forest City, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
49.6 mi	Spartanburg Water System Chesnee, SC	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Spartanburg Commissioners Pw
49.9 mi	Bad Creek Salem, SC	Hydroelectric	1,584 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 47 power plants within 50 miles of Asheville, North Carolina (ZIP 28804), with a combined 2,976 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 23 of the 47 nearby plants. The closest plant is Woodfin at 1.0 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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