Power Plants Near 37680 — Laurel Bloomery, TN

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 37680 (Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.5793, -81.7254 · County: Johnson

Natural Gas 43%Coal 32%Hydroelectric 15%Other Fossil 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
20.6 mi	South Holston Bristol, TN	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
21.8 mi	Wolf Hills Energy Bristol, VA	Natural Gas	285 MW	Middle River Power Ii, Llc
23.2 mi	Bristol Plant Bristol, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
27.7 mi	Wilbur Elizabethon, TN	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
27.7 mi	Watauga Elizabethton, TN	Hydroelectric	58 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
35.9 mi	Clinch River Cleveland, VA	Natural Gas	475 MW	Appalachian Power Co
40.7 mi	Boone Dam Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	106 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
40.8 mi	Mountain Home Energy Center Mountain Home, TN	Oil	7 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
41.1 mi	Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center St. Paul, VA	Coal	668 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
42.1 mi	Fries Hydroelectric Project Fries, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
42.7 mi	Sr Gray Gray, TN	Solar	—	Sr Gray, Llc
43.2 mi	Buchanan Generation Llc Keen Mountain, VA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Buchanan Generation, Llc
43.8 mi	Fort Patrick Henry Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	59 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.6 mi	Tennessee Eastman Operations Kingsport, TN	Other Fossil	194 MW	Eastman Chemical Co-Tn Ops
45.9 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
46.2 mi	Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Appalachian Power Co
46.4 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
46.7 mi	Domtar Kingsport Mill Kingsport, TN	Natural Gas	50 MW	Domtar Paper Co Llc Kingsport Mill
47.4 mi	Wilkes Solar, Llc Wilkesboro, NC	Solar	—	Wilkes Solar, Llc
47.4 mi	River Trail Solar, Llc Galax, VA	Solar	—	River Trail Solar, Llc
49.7 mi	Sr Jonesborough Jonesborough, TN	Solar	4 MW	Sr Jonesborough Ii, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee (ZIP 37680), with a combined 2,103 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is South Holston at 20.6 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 Tennessee, visit the Tennessee state page.

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