Power Plants Near 98512 — Olympia, WA

27 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 98512 (Olympia, Washington). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 46.9498, -123.0212 · County: Thurston

Natural Gas 52%Hydroelectric 22%Coal 21%Wind 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.4 mi	Centralia Battery Energy Storage System Bucoda, WA	Battery Storage	—	Cent Bn, Llc
14.0 mi	Tono Solar Centralia, WA	Solar	—	Transalta Holdings U.s. Inc.
15.4 mi	Transalta Centralia Generation Centralia, WA	Coal	730 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
18.2 mi	Skookumchuck Wind Facility Rainier, WA	Wind	136 MW	Southern Power Co
18.3 mi	Yelm Yelm, WA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	City Of Centralia - (Wa)
18.3 mi	Skookumchuck Tenino, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
21.3 mi	Coyote Crest Wind Farm Centralia, WA	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
21.7 mi	Grays Harbor Energy Facility Elma, WA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
23.2 mi	Chehalis Generating Facility Chehalis, WA	Natural Gas	593 MW	Pacificorp
29.7 mi	Cushman 2 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	85 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
32.2 mi	Frederickson Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	178 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
32.3 mi	Frederickson Power Lp Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	318 MW	Frederickson Power Lp
33.7 mi	Cushman 1 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	43 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
34.1 mi	Lagrande La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	64 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
34.5 mi	Lri Lfgte Facility Graham, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Frontier Operation Services
34.9 mi	Cosmo Specialty Fibers Plant Cosmopolis, WA	Biomass	15 MW	Cosmo Specialty Fibers
35.1 mi	Alder La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	50 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
35.5 mi	Sierra Pacific Aberdeen Aberdeen, WA	Biomass	18 MW	Sierra Pacific Industries
36.3 mi	Lilliwaup Falls Generating Lilliwaup, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	William G. Reed Jr
37.0 mi	Steam Plant Tacoma, WA	Biomass	—	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
37.0 mi	Mayfield Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
40.0 mi	Electron Orting, WA	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Electron Hydro Llc
40.3 mi	Mossyrock Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	300 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
40.7 mi	Wynoochee Montesano, WA	Hydroelectric	13 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
42.3 mi	Greenwater Bess Tbd, WA	Battery Storage	—	Gree Bn, Llc
42.7 mi	White River (Wa) Sumner, WA	Hydroelectric	—	Puget Sound Energy Inc
43.4 mi	Sinclair Bess Gorst, WA	Battery Storage	—	Sinc Bn, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 27 power plants within 50 miles of Olympia, Washington (ZIP 98512), with a combined 3,462 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 27 nearby plants. The closest plant is Centralia Battery Energy Storage System at 13.4 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 Washington, visit the Washington state page.

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