Power Plants Near 98626 — Kelso, WA

29 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 98626 (Kelso, Washington). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 46.1485, -122.8870 · County: Cowlitz

Natural Gas 51%Hydroelectric 23%Coal 15%Battery Storage 6%Biomass 3%Wind 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.4 mi	Longview Fibre Longview, WA	Biomass	45 MW	Longview Fibre Co
4.5 mi	Nippon Dynawave Packaging Longview Wa Longview, WA	Biomass	62 MW	Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co.
4.8 mi	Mint Farm Generating Station Longview, WA	Natural Gas	319 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
13.8 mi	Port Westward Unit 2 Clatskanie, OR	Natural Gas	226 MW	Portland General Electric Co
13.8 mi	Port Westward Clatskanie, OR	Natural Gas	483 MW	Portland General Electric Co
13.8 mi	Beaver Clatskanie, OR	Natural Gas	611 MW	Portland General Electric Co
20.7 mi	Merwin Ariel, WA	Hydroelectric	136 MW	Pacificorp
24.9 mi	Georgia-Pacific Wauna Mill Clatskanie, OR	Biomass	30 MW	Georgia-Pacific Wauna Llc
28.4 mi	Mayfield Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
29.4 mi	Yale Amboy, WA	Hydroelectric	134 MW	Pacificorp
30.7 mi	Swift 2 Cougar, WA	Hydroelectric	72 MW	Pacificorp
32.8 mi	Chehalis Generating Facility Chehalis, WA	Natural Gas	593 MW	Pacificorp
33.4 mi	Swift 1 Cougar, WA	Hydroelectric	240 MW	Pacificorp
34.6 mi	Mossyrock Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	300 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
35.3 mi	River Road Gen Plant Vancouver, WA	Natural Gas	248 MW	Pud No 1 Of Clark County - (Wa)
37.2 mi	Seaside Bess Portland, OR	Battery Storage	—	Portland General Electric Co
40.7 mi	Milfordsolar Or Forest Grove, OR	Solar	3 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
40.8 mi	Constable Bess Hillsboro, OR	Battery Storage	75 MW	Portland General Electric Co
42.0 mi	Transalta Centralia Generation Centralia, WA	Coal	730 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
43.1 mi	Cowlitz Falls Randle, WA	Hydroelectric	70 MW	Pud No 1 Of Lewis County
43.6 mi	Centralia Battery Energy Storage System Bucoda, WA	Battery Storage	—	Cent Bn, Llc
43.7 mi	Tono Solar Centralia, WA	Solar	—	Transalta Holdings U.s. Inc.
44.2 mi	Oregon Convention Center Portland, OR	Solar	1 MW	Tesla Inc.
44.7 mi	Skookumchuck Tenino, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
45.1 mi	Ground Water Pumping Station Portland, OR	Hydroelectric	—	Portland City Of
46.3 mi	Coyote Crest Wind Farm Centralia, WA	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
46.5 mi	Sundial (Troutdale) Bess Troutdale, OR	Battery Storage	200 MW	Troutdale Grid, Llc
48.2 mi	O'neill Creek Solar Gaston, OR	Solar	2 MW	O'neill Creek Solar Llc
49.7 mi	Skookumchuck Wind Facility Rainier, WA	Wind	136 MW	Southern Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 29 power plants within 50 miles of Kelso, Washington (ZIP 98626), with a combined 4,879 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 29 nearby plants. The closest plant is Longview Fibre at 3.4 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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