Power Plants Near 98516 — Olympia, WA

32 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 98516 (Olympia, Washington). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.1126, -122.7794 · County: Thurston

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

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.7 mi	Yelm Yelm, WA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	City Of Centralia - (Wa)
18.9 mi	Skookumchuck Wind Facility Rainier, WA	Wind	136 MW	Southern Power Co
19.5 mi	Frederickson Power Lp Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	318 MW	Frederickson Power Lp
19.6 mi	Frederickson Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	178 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
21.2 mi	Steam Plant Tacoma, WA	Biomass	—	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
22.9 mi	Skookumchuck Tenino, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
23.3 mi	Tono Solar Centralia, WA	Solar	—	Transalta Holdings U.s. Inc.
23.5 mi	Centralia Battery Energy Storage System Bucoda, WA	Battery Storage	—	Cent Bn, Llc
24.9 mi	Lri Lfgte Facility Graham, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Frontier Operation Services
24.9 mi	Transalta Centralia Generation Centralia, WA	Coal	730 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
25.2 mi	Cushman 2 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	85 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
27.3 mi	Greenwater Bess Tbd, WA	Battery Storage	—	Gree Bn, Llc
28.4 mi	White River (Wa) Sumner, WA	Hydroelectric	—	Puget Sound Energy Inc
29.0 mi	Lagrande La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	64 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
29.3 mi	Lilliwaup Falls Generating Lilliwaup, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	William G. Reed Jr
29.7 mi	Electron Orting, WA	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Electron Hydro Llc
29.7 mi	Sinclair Bess Gorst, WA	Battery Storage	—	Sinc Bn, Llc
29.7 mi	Cushman 1 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	43 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
30.8 mi	Alder La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	50 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
34.4 mi	Grays Harbor Energy Facility Elma, WA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
34.4 mi	Chehalis Generating Facility Chehalis, WA	Natural Gas	593 MW	Pacificorp
37.3 mi	Coyote Crest Wind Farm Centralia, WA	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
41.0 mi	West Point Treatment Plant Seattle, WA	Biomass	5 MW	King County Dept-Natural Res
41.9 mi	Cedar Hills Maple Valley, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Bio Energy Washington, Llc
42.6 mi	Rocky Brook Hydroelectric Brinnon, WA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Rocky Brook Electric Inc
43.0 mi	Mayfield Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
43.1 mi	Wynoochee Montesano, WA	Hydroelectric	13 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
43.3 mi	Mossyrock Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	300 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
43.5 mi	University Of Washington Power Plant Seattle, WA	Natural Gas	15 MW	University Of Washington
46.0 mi	Agate Bess Poulsbo, WA	Battery Storage	—	Brightnight Power
47.5 mi	Cosmo Specialty Fibers Plant Cosmopolis, WA	Biomass	15 MW	Cosmo Specialty Fibers
47.8 mi	Sierra Pacific Aberdeen Aberdeen, WA	Biomass	18 MW	Sierra Pacific Industries

Power generation near this area

There are 32 power plants within 50 miles of Olympia, Washington (ZIP 98516), with a combined 3,488 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 32 nearby plants. The closest plant is Yelm at 11.7 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.

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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