Power Plants Near 28806 — Asheville, NC

47 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28806 (Asheville, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.5808, -82.6078 · County: Buncombe

Hydroelectric 69%Natural Gas 27%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.7 mi	Biltmore Solar Fields Asheville, NC	Solar	2 MW	The Biltmore Company
4.0 mi	Enka Enka, NC	Coal	—	Basf Corporation
4.3 mi	Riverside Bess Asheville, NC	Battery Storage	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
4.8 mi	Metropolitan Sewerage District Asheville, NC	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Metropolitan Sewerage District
5.5 mi	Woodfin Solar Asheville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
5.6 mi	Woodfin Woodfin, NC	Natural Gas	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
5.8 mi	Asheville-Rock Hill Battery Asheville, NC	Other Fossil	9 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
7.8 mi	Innovative Solar 6 Leicester, NC	Solar	4 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
8.3 mi	Asheville Arden, NC	Natural Gas	1,012 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
10.2 mi	Marshall Dam Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
13.2 mi	Ivy River Hydro Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Madison Hydro Partners
17.5 mi	Innovative Solar 10 Canton, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
19.0 mi	Sawtell Solar Hendersonville, NC	Solar	3 MW	Sawtell Solar, Llc
20.3 mi	Innovative Solar 14, Llc Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
20.9 mi	Innovative Solar 16 Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
24.6 mi	Hot Springs Energy Storage & Microgrid Hot Springs, NC	Solar	6 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
26.1 mi	Walters Waterville, NC	Hydroelectric	108 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
26.1 mi	Lake Lure Lake Lure, NC	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Lake Lure Town Of
26.3 mi	Tuxedo Flat Rock, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Northbrook Tuxedo, Llc
29.2 mi	Turner Shoals Mill Springs, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Northbrook Carolina Hydro Llc
33.7 mi	Tennessee Creek Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
35.1 mi	Bear Creek Dam Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
35.7 mi	Cedar Cliff Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
37.3 mi	Tuckasegee Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
37.7 mi	Thorpe Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
39.7 mi	Westminister Nc Rutherfordton, NC	Solar	—	Ecoplexus, Inc
42.5 mi	Amethyst Solar Forest City, NC	Solar	3 MW	Amethyst Solar Llc
42.8 mi	Sr Greenville Ii Greeneville, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville Ii, Llc
44.7 mi	Bridgewater Morganton, NC	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
45.3 mi	Bad Creek Salem, SC	Hydroelectric	1,584 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
46.1 mi	Bostic Delivery No 2 Bostic, NC	Oil	1 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
46.3 mi	Jocassee Salem, SC	Hydroelectric	774 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
46.4 mi	Ballenger Road Solar A Inman, SC	Solar	2 MW	Ballenger Road Solar A
46.6 mi	Lincoln Solar, Llc (Nc) Bostic, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
46.6 mi	Sr Jonesborough Jonesborough, TN	Solar	4 MW	Sr Jonesborough Ii, Llc
47.0 mi	Clear Solar I, Llc Forest City, NC	Solar	4 MW	Clear Solar I, Llc
47.3 mi	Gamble Solar Bostic, NC	Solar	3 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
47.8 mi	Innovative Solar 18, Llc Bostic, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
48.3 mi	Wellford Renewable Energy Plant Spartanburg, SC	Biomass	2 MW	Lockhart Power Co
48.6 mi	Spartanburg Water System Chesnee, SC	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Spartanburg Commissioners Pw
48.8 mi	Sr Albany, Llc Greenville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Albany, Llc
48.9 mi	Old Caroleen Solar Farm Forest City, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
49.1 mi	Rutherford Farm Forest City, NC	Solar	75 MW	Southern Power Co
49.3 mi	Morganton Station 5 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
49.4 mi	Charlotte Solar Forest City, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
49.6 mi	Sr Greenville I Limestone, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville I, Llc
49.7 mi	Franklin (Nc) Franklin, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Northbrook Carolina Hydro Ii, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 47 power plants within 50 miles of Asheville, North Carolina (ZIP 28806), with a combined 3,735 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 22 of the 47 nearby plants. The closest plant is Biltmore Solar Fields at 1.7 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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