Power Plants Near 29212 — Columbia, SC

57 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 29212 (Columbia, South Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.0726, -81.1796 · County: Lexington

Natural Gas 29%Hydroelectric 20%Nuclear 19%Coal 15%Solar 12%Battery Storage 2%Biomass 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.5 mi	Mcmeekin Columbia, SC	Natural Gas	294 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
2.5 mi	Saluda Lexington Columbia, SC	Hydroelectric	207 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
9.1 mi	Columbia Canal Hydro Columbia, SC	Hydroelectric	11 MW	City Of Columbia Sc
10.2 mi	Coit Gt Columbia, SC	Natural Gas	39 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
12.2 mi	Otarre Solar Park Cayce, SC	Solar	2 MW	Tig Sun Energy Iv, Llc
15.6 mi	Parr Hydro Jenkinsville, SC	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
15.8 mi	Parr Gt Jenkinsville, SC	Natural Gas	84 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
16.8 mi	Columbia Energy Center (Sc) Gaston, SC	Natural Gas	669 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
17.4 mi	V C Summer Jenkinsville, SC	Nuclear	1,030 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
17.4 mi	Allora Solar, Llc Gilbert, SC	Solar	75 MW	Allora Solar, Llc
18.3 mi	Fairfield Pumped Storage Jenkinsville, SC	Hydroelectric	587 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
19.8 mi	Champion Solar Pelion, SC	Solar	11 MW	Champion Solar, Llc
19.9 mi	Swamp Fox Solar Pelion, SC	Solar	11 MW	Swamp Fox Solar, Llc
20.1 mi	Odyssey Solar Pelion, SC	Solar	8 MW	Odyssey Solar, Llc
20.5 mi	Diamond Solar Pelion, SC	Solar	8 MW	Dp-C2 Episode 1 Llc
20.7 mi	Gaston Ii Swansea, SC	Solar	8 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
21.0 mi	Gaston Solar I - Sc Gaston, SC	Solar	10 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
22.4 mi	Richland County Landfill Lugoff, SC	Biomass	9 MW	South Carolina Public Service Authority
22.5 mi	Gunsight Solar, Llc Swansea, SC	Solar	75 MW	Gunsight Solar, Llc
24.1 mi	Beulah Solar Batesburg, SC	Solar	75 MW	Beulah Solar, Llc
26.2 mi	Wolf Pit Branch Solar, Llc Leesvile, SC	Solar	—	Wolf Pit Branch Solar, Llc
26.9 mi	Catalina Solar (Sc) Batesburg, SC	Solar	—	Catalina Solar, Llc
27.0 mi	Midway Green Solar Union, SC	Solar	13 MW	Midway Green Solar, Llc
29.5 mi	Hecate Energy West Newberry, Llc Newberry, SC	Solar	3 MW	Hecate Energy West Newberry, Llc
32.0 mi	Camden South Carolina Lugoff, SC	Natural Gas	19 MW	Invista
32.3 mi	Midlands St. Matthews, SC	Solar	72 MW	Cubico Usa, Llc
32.3 mi	Saluda Solar Ii Saluda, SC	Solar	3 MW	Saluda Solar Ii, Llc
32.3 mi	Eastover Solar Eastover, SC	Solar	92 MW	Eastover Solar, Llc
32.8 mi	Wateree Hydro Ridgeway, SC	Hydroelectric	91 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
33.5 mi	Sylvamo Corporation Eastover Facility Eastover, SC	Biomass	110 MW	Sylvamo Corporation - Eastover
35.3 mi	Saluda Solar, Llc Saluda, SC	Solar	7 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
36.0 mi	St. Matthews Solar Matthews, SC	Solar	10 MW	St. Matthews Solar, Llc
36.2 mi	Wateree Eastover, SC	Coal	772 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
36.6 mi	Rocky Creek Great Falls, SC	Hydroelectric	—	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
36.7 mi	Cedar Creek (Sc) Great Falls, SC	Hydroelectric	45 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
37.4 mi	Dearborn Great Falls, SC	Hydroelectric	45 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
37.4 mi	Great Falls (Sc) Great Falls, SC	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
37.9 mi	Webb Forging Carlisle, SC	Oil	6 MW	Central Electric Power
39.6 mi	North Road Peak Oangeburg, SC	Oil	14 MW	City Of Orangeburg - (Sc)
39.7 mi	Peony Solar Springfield, SC	Solar	39 MW	Peony Solar, Llc
39.7 mi	Jamison Solar Farm Orangeburg, SC	Solar	1 MW	Jamison Solar Farm
39.9 mi	Fishing Creek Great Falls, SC	Hydroelectric	42 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
40.7 mi	Sce&g Springfield Csg Springfield, SC	Solar	6 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
41.9 mi	Buzzard Roost Chappells, SC	Hydroelectric	—	South Carolina Public Service Authority
42.4 mi	Buzzard Roost Gt Chappells, SC	Natural Gas	—	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
42.7 mi	Lone Star Solar Cameron, SC	Battery Storage	132 MW	Lone Star Solar
42.9 mi	Shaw Creek Solar, Llc Aiken, SC	Solar	75 MW	Shaw Creek Solar
43.7 mi	Neal Shoals Union, SC	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
43.8 mi	Cameron Solar Cameron, SC	Solar	20 MW	Cameron Solar, Llc
44.0 mi	Bull Street Plant Orangeburg, SC	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Orangeburg - (Sc)
44.5 mi	Cameron Solar Ii Cameron, SC	Solar	4 MW	Cameron Solar Ii, Llc
45.5 mi	Sr Cordova Cordova, SC	Solar	—	Sr Cordova, Llc
47.6 mi	Crown Lancaster, SC	Solar	3 MW	Crown Solar Center, Llc
47.8 mi	Substation 20 Plant Orangeburg, SC	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Orangeburg - (Sc)
47.9 mi	Rowesville Rd Plant Orangeburg, SC	Natural Gas	10 MW	City Of Orangeburg - (Sc)
49.7 mi	Cope Cope, SC	Natural Gas	417 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
49.8 mi	Crossroads Solar Elko, SC	Battery Storage	—	Crossroads Solar

Power generation near this area

There are 57 power plants within 50 miles of Columbia, South Carolina (ZIP 29212), with a combined 5,297 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 27 of the 57 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mcmeekin at 2.5 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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