Power Plants Near 37687 — Roan Mountain, TN

36 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 37687 (Roan Mountain, Tennessee). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.1773, -82.0810 · County: Carter

Natural Gas 36%Hydroelectric 35%Other Fossil 21%Solar 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.6 mi	Watauga Elizabethton, TN	Hydroelectric	58 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
11.6 mi	Wilbur Elizabethon, TN	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
18.9 mi	Mountain Home Energy Center Mountain Home, TN	Oil	7 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
23.9 mi	South Holston Bristol, TN	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
25.1 mi	Sr Jonesborough Jonesborough, TN	Solar	4 MW	Sr Jonesborough Ii, Llc
26.9 mi	Boone Dam Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	106 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
28.4 mi	Sr Gray Gray, TN	Solar	—	Sr Gray, Llc
29.5 mi	Bristol Plant Bristol, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
31.1 mi	Sr Washington I, Llc Jonesborough, TN	Solar	9 MW	Sr Washington I, Llc
32.5 mi	Fort Patrick Henry Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	59 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
33.0 mi	Bridgewater Morganton, NC	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
33.7 mi	Wolf Hills Energy Bristol, VA	Natural Gas	285 MW	Middle River Power Ii, Llc
35.0 mi	Tennessee Eastman Operations Kingsport, TN	Other Fossil	194 MW	Eastman Chemical Co-Tn Ops
35.4 mi	Sr Greenville I Limestone, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville I, Llc
36.1 mi	Morganton Station 5 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
36.2 mi	Catawba River Pollution Control Morganton, NC	Oil	1 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
36.2 mi	Water Filter Plant #2 Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
36.8 mi	Sr Greenville Ii Greeneville, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville Ii, Llc
37.3 mi	Domtar Kingsport Mill Kingsport, TN	Natural Gas	50 MW	Domtar Paper Co Llc Kingsport Mill
37.7 mi	Bernhardt Furniture Solar Farm Lenoir, NC	Solar	1 MW	Bernhardt Furniture Company
39.3 mi	Morganton, Parker Road Morganton, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
39.8 mi	Drexel Operations Center Drexel, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
41.1 mi	Ivy River Hydro Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Madison Hydro Partners
45.1 mi	Woodfin Woodfin, NC	Natural Gas	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
45.5 mi	Rhodhiss Rhodhiss, NC	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
46.0 mi	Woodfin Solar Asheville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
46.1 mi	Hot Springs Energy Storage & Microgrid Hot Springs, NC	Solar	6 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
46.4 mi	Sr Albany, Llc Greenville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Albany, Llc
46.6 mi	Metropolitan Sewerage District Asheville, NC	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Metropolitan Sewerage District
46.9 mi	Brighter Future Solar Granite Falls, NC	Solar	11 MW	Brighter Future Solar Llc
46.9 mi	Riverside Bess Asheville, NC	Battery Storage	—	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
47.1 mi	Dragstrip Farm Hickory, NC	Solar	5 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
47.2 mi	Granite Falls Walmart Granite Falls, NC	Oil	2 MW	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
48.1 mi	Marshall Dam Marshall, NC	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
48.8 mi	Cline Solar Farm, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cline Solar, Llc
49.4 mi	Innovative Solar 26, Llc Hildebran, NC	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables

Power generation near this area

There are 36 power plants within 50 miles of Roan Mountain, Tennessee (ZIP 37687), with a combined 943 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 36 nearby plants. The closest plant is Watauga at 11.6 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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