Power Plants Near 28816 — Asheville, NC

51 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 28816 (Asheville, North Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.6203, -82.5286 · County: Buncombe

Hydroelectric 60%Natural Gas 34%Solar 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.6 mi	Woodfin Woodfin, NC	Natural Gas	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
4.1 mi	Riverside Bess Asheville, NC	Battery Storage	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
4.5 mi	Metropolitan Sewerage District Asheville, NC	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Metropolitan Sewerage District
4.8 mi	Woodfin Solar Asheville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
5.3 mi	Biltmore Solar Fields Asheville, NC	Solar	2 MW	The Biltmore Company
5.6 mi	Asheville-Rock Hill Battery Asheville, NC	Other Fossil	9 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
9.1 mi	Enka Enka, NC	Coal	—	Basf Corporation
10.2 mi	Asheville Arden, NC	Natural Gas	1,012 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
10.5 mi	Innovative Solar 6 Leicester, NC	Solar	4 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
11.6 mi	Ivy River Hydro Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Madison Hydro Partners
11.7 mi	Marshall Dam Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
18.7 mi	Sawtell Solar Hendersonville, NC	Solar	3 MW	Sawtell Solar, Llc
19.9 mi	Innovative Solar 14, Llc Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
20.4 mi	Innovative Solar 16 Hendersonville, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
22.7 mi	Innovative Solar 10 Canton, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
23.6 mi	Lake Lure Lake Lure, NC	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Lake Lure Town Of
25.0 mi	Hot Springs Energy Storage & Microgrid Hot Springs, NC	Solar	6 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
27.1 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
29.7 mi	Walters Waterville, NC	Hydroelectric	108 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
36.2 mi	Westminister Nc Rutherfordton, NC	Solar	—	Ecoplexus, Inc
38.7 mi	Tennessee Creek Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
39.7 mi	Bridgewater Morganton, NC	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
39.8 mi	Amethyst Solar Forest City, NC	Solar	3 MW	Amethyst Solar Llc
40.2 mi	Bear Creek Dam Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
40.9 mi	Cedar Cliff Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
41.1 mi	Sr Greenville Ii Greeneville, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville Ii, Llc
42.5 mi	Tuckasegee Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
42.9 mi	Thorpe Tuckasegee, NC	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
42.9 mi	Bostic Delivery No 2 Bostic, NC	Oil	1 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
43.3 mi	Lincoln Solar, Llc (Nc) Bostic, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
43.7 mi	Sr Jonesborough Jonesborough, TN	Solar	4 MW	Sr Jonesborough Ii, Llc
44.2 mi	Gamble Solar Bostic, NC	Solar	3 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
44.3 mi	Clear Solar I, Llc Forest City, NC	Solar	4 MW	Clear Solar I, Llc
44.4 mi	Morganton Station 5 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
44.5 mi	Innovative Solar 18, Llc Bostic, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
45.7 mi	Water Filter Plant #2 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
46.1 mi	Old Caroleen Solar Farm Forest City, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
46.2 mi	Ballenger Road Solar A Inman, SC	Solar	2 MW	Ballenger Road Solar A
46.6 mi	Rutherford Farm Forest City, NC	Solar	75 MW	Southern Power Co
46.9 mi	Charlotte Solar Forest City, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
47.3 mi	Spartanburg Water System Chesnee, SC	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Spartanburg Commissioners Pw
47.6 mi	Sr Greenville I Limestone, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville I, Llc
47.8 mi	Innovative Solar 15, Llc Ellenboro, NC	Solar	2 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
47.8 mi	Ruff Solar Llc Ellenboro, NC	Solar	22 MW	Sol Systems
48.1 mi	Sr Albany, Llc Greenville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Albany, Llc
48.3 mi	Wellford Renewable Energy Plant Spartanburg, SC	Biomass	2 MW	Lockhart Power Co
48.4 mi	Mountain Home Energy Center Mountain Home, TN	Oil	7 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
49.1 mi	Morganton, Parker Road Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
49.7 mi	Catawba River Pollution Control Morganton, NC	Oil	1 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
49.9 mi	Bad Creek Salem, SC	Hydroelectric	1,584 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 51 power plants within 50 miles of Asheville, North Carolina (ZIP 28816), with a combined 2,996 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 24 of the 51 nearby plants. The closest plant is Woodfin at 2.6 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.

← Search a different location · Printable proximity report →