Power Plants Near 29240 — Columbia, SC

72 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 29240 (Columbia, South Carolina). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.0060, -80.9708 · County: Richland

Natural Gas 29%Hydroelectric 20%Nuclear 19%Coal 14%Solar 13%Battery Storage 2%Biomass 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.4 mi	Coit Gt Columbia, SC	Natural Gas	39 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
4.5 mi	Columbia Canal Hydro Columbia, SC	Hydroelectric	11 MW	City Of Columbia Sc
6.9 mi	Otarre Solar Park Cayce, SC	Solar	2 MW	Tig Sun Energy Iv, Llc
9.8 mi	Columbia Energy Center (Sc) Gaston, SC	Natural Gas	669 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
12.3 mi	Richland County Landfill Lugoff, SC	Biomass	9 MW	South Carolina Public Service Authority
14.5 mi	Saluda Lexington Columbia, SC	Hydroelectric	207 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
14.5 mi	Mcmeekin Columbia, SC	Natural Gas	294 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
17.6 mi	Gaston Ii Swansea, SC	Solar	8 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
17.8 mi	Gunsight Solar, Llc Swansea, SC	Solar	75 MW	Gunsight Solar, Llc
17.9 mi	Gaston Solar I - Sc Gaston, SC	Solar	10 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
19.5 mi	Eastover Solar Eastover, SC	Solar	92 MW	Eastover Solar, Llc
20.7 mi	Sylvamo Corporation Eastover Facility Eastover, SC	Biomass	110 MW	Sylvamo Corporation - Eastover
22.1 mi	Swamp Fox Solar Pelion, SC	Solar	11 MW	Swamp Fox Solar, Llc
22.2 mi	Champion Solar Pelion, SC	Solar	11 MW	Champion Solar, Llc
22.6 mi	Odyssey Solar Pelion, SC	Solar	8 MW	Odyssey Solar, Llc
23.1 mi	Diamond Solar Pelion, SC	Solar	8 MW	Dp-C2 Episode 1 Llc
23.5 mi	Wateree Eastover, SC	Coal	772 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
23.9 mi	Camden South Carolina Lugoff, SC	Natural Gas	19 MW	Invista
24.7 mi	Midlands St. Matthews, SC	Solar	72 MW	Cubico Usa, Llc
25.2 mi	St. Matthews Solar Matthews, SC	Solar	10 MW	St. Matthews Solar, Llc
25.7 mi	Allora Solar, Llc Gilbert, SC	Solar	75 MW	Allora Solar, Llc
27.1 mi	Parr Hydro Jenkinsville, SC	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
27.2 mi	Parr Gt Jenkinsville, SC	Natural Gas	84 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
27.5 mi	Wateree Hydro Ridgeway, SC	Hydroelectric	91 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
28.2 mi	V C Summer Jenkinsville, SC	Nuclear	1,030 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
29.2 mi	Fairfield Pumped Storage Jenkinsville, SC	Hydroelectric	587 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
30.7 mi	Wolf Pit Branch Solar, Llc Leesvile, SC	Solar	—	Wolf Pit Branch Solar, Llc
30.8 mi	Jamison Solar Farm Orangeburg, SC	Solar	1 MW	Jamison Solar Farm
31.2 mi	Lone Star Solar Cameron, SC	Battery Storage	132 MW	Lone Star Solar
32.0 mi	North Road Peak Oangeburg, SC	Oil	14 MW	City Of Orangeburg - (Sc)
33.5 mi	Cameron Solar Cameron, SC	Solar	20 MW	Cameron Solar, Llc
34.1 mi	Cameron Solar Ii Cameron, SC	Solar	4 MW	Cameron Solar Ii, Llc
34.7 mi	Beulah Solar Batesburg, SC	Solar	75 MW	Beulah Solar, Llc
36.1 mi	Bull Street Plant Orangeburg, SC	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Orangeburg - (Sc)
36.8 mi	Catalina Solar (Sc) Batesburg, SC	Solar	—	Catalina Solar, Llc
37.3 mi	Rocky Creek Great Falls, SC	Hydroelectric	—	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
37.4 mi	Cedar Creek (Sc) Great Falls, SC	Hydroelectric	45 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
37.5 mi	Midway Green Solar Union, SC	Solar	13 MW	Midway Green Solar, Llc
38.0 mi	Sr Cordova Cordova, SC	Solar	—	Sr Cordova, Llc
38.4 mi	Dearborn Great Falls, SC	Hydroelectric	45 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
38.4 mi	Peony Solar Springfield, SC	Solar	39 MW	Peony Solar, Llc
38.5 mi	Great Falls (Sc) Great Falls, SC	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
39.4 mi	Shining Sun Solar Elloree, SC	Solar	—	Shining Sun Solar
39.8 mi	Substation 20 Plant Orangeburg, SC	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Orangeburg - (Sc)
40.0 mi	Rowesville Rd Plant Orangeburg, SC	Natural Gas	10 MW	City Of Orangeburg - (Sc)
40.2 mi	Sce&g Springfield Csg Springfield, SC	Solar	6 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
41.3 mi	Fishing Creek Great Falls, SC	Hydroelectric	42 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
42.0 mi	Lee County Landfill Bishopville, SC	Biomass	11 MW	South Carolina Public Service Authority
42.3 mi	Hecate Energy West Newberry, Llc Newberry, SC	Solar	3 MW	Hecate Energy West Newberry, Llc
44.0 mi	Saluda Solar Ii Saluda, SC	Solar	3 MW	Saluda Solar Ii, Llc
44.0 mi	Bond Solar Summerton, SC	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
44.5 mi	Cope Cope, SC	Natural Gas	417 MW	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
44.7 mi	Bishopville Solar Ii, Llc Bishopville, SC	Solar	10 MW	Bishopville Solar Ii, Llc
44.9 mi	Gary Solar Bishopville, SC	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
44.9 mi	Gaines Solar Bishopville, SC	Solar	2 MW	Gaines Solar
45.1 mi	Brogdon Family Solar Park Alcolu, SC	Solar	—	Solargen Of South Carolina, Llc
45.5 mi	Bloom Solar Summerton, SC	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
46.6 mi	Denmark Solar Denmark, SC	Solar	6 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
46.6 mi	Saluda Solar, Llc Saluda, SC	Solar	7 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
46.6 mi	Crown Lancaster, SC	Solar	3 MW	Crown Solar Center, Llc
47.6 mi	Abbot Solar Manning, SC	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
47.7 mi	Magdaline Solar, Llc Lynchburg, SC	Solar	2 MW	Magdaline Solar, Llc
48.3 mi	Webb Forging Carlisle, SC	Oil	6 MW	Central Electric Power
48.6 mi	Palmetto Plains Bowman, SC	Solar	75 MW	Cubico Usa, Llc
48.7 mi	Blackville Solar Ii Blackville, SC	Solar	20 MW	Dp-C2 Episode 1 Llc
48.7 mi	Blackville Solar Farm, Llc Blackville, SC	Solar	7 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
48.7 mi	River Solar Lynchburg, SC	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
48.9 mi	Bonefish Solar Manning, SC	Solar	2 MW	Bonefish Solar, Llc
49.3 mi	Thomas Solar Lynchburg, SC	Solar	2 MW	Thomas Solar
49.4 mi	Shorthorn Solar Bishopville, SC	Solar	—	Shorthorn Solar
49.5 mi	Crossroads Solar Elko, SC	Battery Storage	—	Crossroads Solar
49.7 mi	Vincent Solar Lynchburg, SC	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 72 power plants within 50 miles of Columbia, South Carolina (ZIP 29240), with a combined 5,367 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 44 of the 72 nearby plants. The closest plant is Coit Gt at 4.4 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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