Power Plants Near 98280 — Orcas, WA
13 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 98280 (Orcas, Washington). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.
Centroid: 48.5979, -122.9446 · County: San Juan
| Distance | Plant | Fuel | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.7 mi | Hf Sinclair Puget Sound Refining Anacortes, WA | Natural Gas | 140 MW | Hf Sinclair Corporation |
| 19.9 mi | Ferndale Generating Station Ferndale, WA | Natural Gas | 286 MW | Puget Sound Energy Inc |
| 21.7 mi | Whitehorn Blaine, WA | Natural Gas | 169 MW | Puget Sound Energy Inc |
| 23.3 mi | Encogen Bellingham, WA | Natural Gas | 176 MW | Puget Sound Energy Inc |
| 25.3 mi | Fredonia (Wa) Mt Vernon, WA | Natural Gas | 376 MW | Puget Sound Energy Inc |
| 25.6 mi | Sierra Pacific Burlington Facility Mt Vernon, WA | Biomass | 28 MW | Sierra Pacific Industries |
| 35.5 mi | Port Townsend Paper Port Townsend, WA | Biomass | 8 MW | Port Townsend Paper Co |
| 40.0 mi | Mckinley Paper Co. - Washington Mill Port Angeles, WA | Biomass | 13 MW | Mckinley Paper Co. - Washington Mill |
| 40.9 mi | Sumas Power Plant Sumas, WA | Natural Gas | 126 MW | Puget Sound Energy Inc |
| 44.7 mi | Elwha Hydroelectric Project Port Angeles, WA | Hydroelectric | — | U S Bureau Of Reclamation |
| 47.5 mi | Arlington Microgrid Arlington, WA | Solar | 2 MW | Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County |
| 47.8 mi | Arlington Battery Energy Storage System Arlington, WA | Battery Storage | — | Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County |
| 49.7 mi | Glacier Battery Storage Glacier, WA | Other Fossil | 2 MW | Puget Sound Energy Inc |
Power generation near this area
There are 13 power plants within 50 miles of Orcas, Washington (ZIP 98280), with a combined 1,324 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 13 nearby plants. The closest plant is Hf Sinclair Puget Sound Refining at 19.7 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.
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