Power Plants Near 98581 — Ryderwood, WA

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 98581 (Ryderwood, Washington). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 46.3752, -123.0431 · County: Cowlitz

Natural Gas 57%Hydroelectric 24%Coal 14%Biomass 3%Wind 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.9 mi	Port Westward Clatskanie, OR	Natural Gas	483 MW	Portland General Electric Co
14.9 mi	Port Westward Unit 2 Clatskanie, OR	Natural Gas	226 MW	Portland General Electric Co
15.3 mi	Beaver Clatskanie, OR	Natural Gas	611 MW	Portland General Electric Co
16.6 mi	Mint Farm Generating Station Longview, WA	Natural Gas	319 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
17.7 mi	Nippon Dynawave Packaging Longview Wa Longview, WA	Biomass	62 MW	Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co.
18.2 mi	Chehalis Generating Facility Chehalis, WA	Natural Gas	593 MW	Pacificorp
19.7 mi	Longview Fibre Longview, WA	Biomass	45 MW	Longview Fibre Co
23.1 mi	Georgia-Pacific Wauna Mill Clatskanie, OR	Biomass	30 MW	Georgia-Pacific Wauna Llc
23.4 mi	Mayfield Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
27.7 mi	Transalta Centralia Generation Centralia, WA	Coal	730 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
29.0 mi	Centralia Battery Energy Storage System Bucoda, WA	Battery Storage	—	Cent Bn, Llc
29.0 mi	Coyote Crest Wind Farm Centralia, WA	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
29.3 mi	Tono Solar Centralia, WA	Solar	—	Transalta Holdings U.s. Inc.
31.4 mi	Mossyrock Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	300 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
32.2 mi	Skookumchuck Tenino, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
37.2 mi	Merwin Ariel, WA	Hydroelectric	136 MW	Pacificorp
37.5 mi	Skookumchuck Wind Facility Rainier, WA	Wind	136 MW	Southern Power Co
43.4 mi	Swift 2 Cougar, WA	Hydroelectric	72 MW	Pacificorp
44.3 mi	Yale Amboy, WA	Hydroelectric	134 MW	Pacificorp
44.9 mi	Cowlitz Falls Randle, WA	Hydroelectric	70 MW	Pud No 1 Of Lewis County
45.6 mi	Alder La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	50 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
45.7 mi	Yelm Yelm, WA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	City Of Centralia - (Wa)
45.7 mi	Swift 1 Cougar, WA	Hydroelectric	240 MW	Pacificorp
46.0 mi	Grays Harbor Energy Facility Elma, WA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
46.7 mi	Lagrande La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	64 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Ryderwood, Washington (ZIP 98581), with a combined 5,191 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 11 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Port Westward at 14.9 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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