Power Plants Near 29169 — West Columbia, SC

62 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 29169 (West Columbia, South Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 33.9950, -81.0888 · County: Lexington

Natural Gas 29%Hydroelectric 20%Nuclear 19%Coal 14%Solar 12%Battery Storage 2%Biomass 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.3 mi	Columbia Canal Hydro Columbia, SC	Hydroelectric	11 MW	City Of Columbia Sc
2.9 mi	Coit Gt Columbia, SC	Natural Gas	39 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
4.8 mi	Otarre Solar Park Cayce, SC	Solar	2 MW	Tig Sun Energy Iv, Llc
8.4 mi	Saluda Lexington Columbia, SC	Hydroelectric	207 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
8.5 mi	Mcmeekin Columbia, SC	Natural Gas	294 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
9.6 mi	Columbia Energy Center (Sc) Gaston, SC	Natural Gas	669 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
15.0 mi	Gaston Ii Swansea, SC	Solar	8 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
15.3 mi	Gaston Solar I - Sc Gaston, SC	Solar	10 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
16.2 mi	Gunsight Solar, Llc Swansea, SC	Solar	75 MW	Gunsight Solar, Llc
17.0 mi	Swamp Fox Solar Pelion, SC	Solar	11 MW	Swamp Fox Solar, Llc
17.0 mi	Champion Solar Pelion, SC	Solar	11 MW	Champion Solar, Llc
17.4 mi	Odyssey Solar Pelion, SC	Solar	8 MW	Odyssey Solar, Llc
17.9 mi	Diamond Solar Pelion, SC	Solar	8 MW	Dp-C2 Episode 1 Llc
18.6 mi	Richland County Landfill Lugoff, SC	Biomass	9 MW	South Carolina Public Service Authority
19.0 mi	Allora Solar, Llc Gilbert, SC	Solar	75 MW	Allora Solar, Llc
23.0 mi	Parr Hydro Jenkinsville, SC	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
23.2 mi	Parr Gt Jenkinsville, SC	Natural Gas	84 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
24.6 mi	V C Summer Jenkinsville, SC	Nuclear	1,030 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
25.0 mi	Wolf Pit Branch Solar, Llc Leesvile, SC	Solar	—	Wolf Pit Branch Solar, Llc
25.3 mi	Midlands St. Matthews, SC	Solar	72 MW	Cubico Usa, Llc
25.6 mi	Fairfield Pumped Storage Jenkinsville, SC	Hydroelectric	587 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
25.9 mi	Eastover Solar Eastover, SC	Solar	92 MW	Eastover Solar, Llc
26.8 mi	Sylvamo Corporation Eastover Facility Eastover, SC	Biomass	110 MW	Sylvamo Corporation - Eastover
27.9 mi	Beulah Solar Batesburg, SC	Solar	75 MW	Beulah Solar, Llc
28.5 mi	St. Matthews Solar Matthews, SC	Solar	10 MW	St. Matthews Solar, Llc
29.2 mi	Wateree Eastover, SC	Coal	772 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
29.8 mi	Camden South Carolina Lugoff, SC	Natural Gas	19 MW	Invista
30.1 mi	Catalina Solar (Sc) Batesburg, SC	Solar	—	Catalina Solar, Llc
32.3 mi	Wateree Hydro Ridgeway, SC	Hydroelectric	91 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
32.5 mi	Jamison Solar Farm Orangeburg, SC	Solar	1 MW	Jamison Solar Farm
32.7 mi	North Road Peak Oangeburg, SC	Oil	14 MW	City Of Orangeburg - (Sc)
34.2 mi	Midway Green Solar Union, SC	Solar	13 MW	Midway Green Solar, Llc
35.2 mi	Lone Star Solar Cameron, SC	Battery Storage	132 MW	Lone Star Solar
35.4 mi	Peony Solar Springfield, SC	Solar	39 MW	Peony Solar, Llc
36.4 mi	Cameron Solar Cameron, SC	Solar	20 MW	Cameron Solar, Llc
36.6 mi	Hecate Energy West Newberry, Llc Newberry, SC	Solar	3 MW	Hecate Energy West Newberry, Llc
36.8 mi	Sce&g Springfield Csg Springfield, SC	Solar	6 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
37.1 mi	Cameron Solar Ii Cameron, SC	Solar	4 MW	Cameron Solar Ii, Llc
37.1 mi	Bull Street Plant Orangeburg, SC	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Orangeburg - (Sc)
37.3 mi	Saluda Solar Ii Saluda, SC	Solar	3 MW	Saluda Solar Ii, Llc
38.7 mi	Sr Cordova Cordova, SC	Solar	—	Sr Cordova, Llc
39.5 mi	Rocky Creek Great Falls, SC	Hydroelectric	—	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
39.7 mi	Cedar Creek (Sc) Great Falls, SC	Hydroelectric	45 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
39.8 mi	Saluda Solar, Llc Saluda, SC	Solar	7 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
40.5 mi	Dearborn Great Falls, SC	Hydroelectric	45 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
40.6 mi	Great Falls (Sc) Great Falls, SC	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
40.9 mi	Substation 20 Plant Orangeburg, SC	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Orangeburg - (Sc)
41.0 mi	Rowesville Rd Plant Orangeburg, SC	Natural Gas	10 MW	City Of Orangeburg - (Sc)
43.1 mi	Shining Sun Solar Elloree, SC	Solar	—	Shining Sun Solar
43.3 mi	Fishing Creek Great Falls, SC	Hydroelectric	42 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
43.7 mi	Cope Cope, SC	Natural Gas	417 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
44.2 mi	Shaw Creek Solar, Llc Aiken, SC	Solar	75 MW	Shaw Creek Solar
44.9 mi	Denmark Solar Denmark, SC	Solar	6 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
45.1 mi	Webb Forging Carlisle, SC	Oil	6 MW	Central Electric Power
46.0 mi	Blackville Solar Ii Blackville, SC	Solar	20 MW	Dp-C2 Episode 1 Llc
46.1 mi	Crossroads Solar Elko, SC	Battery Storage	—	Crossroads Solar
46.1 mi	Blackville Solar Farm, Llc Blackville, SC	Solar	7 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
48.1 mi	Buzzard Roost Chappells, SC	Hydroelectric	—	South Carolina Public Service Authority
48.6 mi	Buzzard Roost Gt Chappells, SC	Natural Gas	—	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
48.7 mi	Lee County Landfill Bishopville, SC	Biomass	11 MW	South Carolina Public Service Authority
49.2 mi	Bond Solar Summerton, SC	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
49.8 mi	Crown Lancaster, SC	Solar	3 MW	Crown Solar Center, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 62 power plants within 50 miles of West Columbia, South Carolina (ZIP 29169), with a combined 5,339 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 32 of the 62 nearby plants. The closest plant is Columbia Canal Hydro at 2.3 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 South Carolina, visit the South Carolina state page.

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