Power Plants Near 80425 — Buffalo Creek, CO

90 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 80425 (Buffalo Creek, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.3867, -105.2703 · County: Jefferson

Natural Gas 80%Hydroelectric 12%Solar 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.3 mi	Strontia Springs Hydro Plant Littleton, CO	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Denver City & County Of
12.0 mi	Foothills Hydro Plant Littleton, CO	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Denver City & County-Foothills
22.3 mi	North Fork Hydro Plant Grant, CO	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Denver City & County Of
24.2 mi	Arapahoe Combustion Turbine Project Denver, CO	Natural Gas	194 MW	Swg Arapahoe, Llc
24.2 mi	Arapahoe Denver, CO	Coal	—	Public Service Co Of Colorado
25.0 mi	Mtn. Solar 4 (Csg) Lakewood, CO	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
25.9 mi	Hillcrest Pump Station Denver, CO	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Denver City & County Of
26.0 mi	Colorado Energy Nations Company Golden, CO	Natural Gas	35 MW	Molson Coors Usa Llc
27.7 mi	Zuni Denver, CO	Natural Gas	—	Public Service Co Of Colorado
29.8 mi	Cabin Creek Georgetown, CO	Hydroelectric	300 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
31.0 mi	Georgetown Hydro Georgetown, CO	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
32.6 mi	Plains End Arvada, CO	Natural Gas	114 MW	Plains End Operating Services Llc
32.7 mi	Plains End Ii Llc Arvada, CO	Natural Gas	118 MW	Plains End Operating Services Llc
33.3 mi	Jeffco Community Solar Gardens Llc Arvada, CO	Solar	1 MW	Sunshare Management
33.3 mi	Cherokee Denver, CO	Natural Gas	1,006 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
33.6 mi	Metro Wastewater Reclamation District Denver, CO	Biomass	15 MW	Engie Denver Metro Llc
34.2 mi	Trustile Doors - Denver Denver, CO	Solar	1 MW	Skyhigh 2 Solar
34.7 mi	Tesla Colorado Springs, CO	Hydroelectric	27 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
34.8 mi	Dads Gas Recovery Aurora, CO	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
35.6 mi	Pivot Solar 9 Aurora, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
35.6 mi	Pivot Solar 10 Aurora, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
35.6 mi	Pivot Solar 21 Aurora, CO	Solar	5 MW	Pivot Energy
36.2 mi	Arapahoe 3 Community Solar Array Aurora, CO	Solar	2 MW	Mn8 Energy Llc
36.8 mi	Quincy Ii Solar Garden Aurora, CO	Solar	2 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
37.4 mi	Amazon Den2 Solar Project Aurora, CO	Solar	1 MW	Solar Star Prime 1 Llc
37.7 mi	Amazon Denver Den3 Thornton, CO	Solar	5 MW	Westbound Solar Llc
38.7 mi	Afa Solar Farm Colorado Springs, CO	Solar	6 MW	Solar Star Colorado Ii Llc
38.9 mi	Gross Hydro Plant Boulder, CO	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Denver City & County Of
39.1 mi	Panasonic Carport Solar Hybrid Denver, CO	Solar	2 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
39.5 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxi (Csg) Watkins, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
40.1 mi	Blue Spruce Energy Center Aurora, CO	Natural Gas	398 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
40.8 mi	Venture 3 - 1c Aurora, CO	Solar	2 MW	Uxi Csg Venture 3 8303 Llc
40.8 mi	Gaylord Rockies Chp Aurora, CO	Natural Gas	4 MW	Unison Energy Llc
40.9 mi	Venture 1 - 1a Csg Aurora, CO	Solar	2 MW	Uxi Csg Venture 1 8301 Llc
40.9 mi	Venture 4 - 1d Aurora, CO	Solar	2 MW	Uxi Csg Venture 4 8304 Llc
40.9 mi	Ruxton Park Manitou Spring, CO	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
40.9 mi	Manitou Springs Manitou Spring, CO	Hydroelectric	6 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
41.0 mi	Venture 2 - 1b Aurora, CO	Solar	2 MW	Uxi Csg Venture 2 8302 Llc
41.5 mi	Quincy Solar (Co) Watkins, CO	Solar	2 MW	Terraform Arcadia
41.6 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxiv Llc (Csg) Watkins, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
42.5 mi	Secc Colorado Springs, CO	Oil	—	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
42.5 mi	George Birdsall Colorado Springs, CO	Natural Gas	61 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
42.5 mi	Lafayette Horizon Solar Csg Llc Lafayette, CO	Solar	2 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
42.8 mi	Boulder Canyon Hydro Boulder, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Boulder City Of
42.9 mi	University Of Colorado Boulder, CO	Natural Gas	33 MW	University Of Colorado
43.1 mi	Denver Metro Solar Watkins, CO	Solar	2 MW	Denver Metro Solar Llc
43.1 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxv Llc (Csg) Watkins, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
43.3 mi	Boulder City Lakewood Hydro Boulder, CO	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Boulder City Of
43.3 mi	Boulder City Betasso Hydro Plant Boulder, CO	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Boulder City Of
43.4 mi	Oak Leaf - Csg Portfolio (Ol 36) Watkins, CO	Solar	2 MW	Distributed Solar Development, Llc
43.5 mi	Boulder City Silver Lake Hydro Boulder, CO	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Boulder City Of
43.6 mi	Parkway Battery Storage Broomfield, CO	Battery Storage	8 MW	United Power, Inc
43.7 mi	Oak Leaf - Csg Portfolio (Ol 39) Watkins, CO	Solar	2 MW	Distributed Solar Development, Llc
43.9 mi	Valmont Boulder, CO	Natural Gas	59 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
43.9 mi	Sundance (Co) Kiowa, CO	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
43.9 mi	Valmont Combustion Turbine Project Boulder, CO	Natural Gas	142 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
44.7 mi	Mtn. Solar 2 Watkins, CO	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
44.7 mi	Brighton Pv Solar Plant Brighton, CO	Solar	2 MW	Hangar 160 Llc
44.8 mi	Xcel Adams 1 Community Solar Array Watkins, CO	Solar	2 MW	Mn8 Energy Llc
44.9 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxiii Llc (Csg) Watkins, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
45.0 mi	Ibm Solar Boulder, CO	Solar	8 MW	Dg Colorado Solar, Llc
45.3 mi	Dia 9 Denver, CO	Solar	10 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
45.3 mi	Prairie Center Energy Llc Brighton, CO	Battery Storage	35 MW	Whetstone Power Operations Llc
45.4 mi	Mtn. Solar 1 Watkins, CO	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
45.4 mi	South Plant (Co) Colorado Springs, CO	Natural Gas	245 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
45.4 mi	Dillon Hydro Plant Summit, CO	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Denver City & County Of
45.5 mi	Oak Leaf - Csg Portfolio (Ol 37) Watkins, CO	Solar	2 MW	Distributed Solar Development, Llc
45.5 mi	Oak Leaf - Csg Portfolio (Ol 38) Watkins, CO	Solar	2 MW	Distributed Solar Development, Llc
45.5 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxvi Llc Denver, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
45.7 mi	Adams Community Solar Garden Iii Llc Watkins, CO	Solar	1 MW	Adams Community Solar Garden Iii Llc
45.7 mi	Oak Leaf - Csg Portfolio (Ol 44) Watkins, CO	Solar	2 MW	Distributed Solar Development, Llc
45.8 mi	Co Li Csg 1 - Kamerra Watkins, CO	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
45.8 mi	Xcel Adams 2 Community Solar Array Watkins, CO	Solar	2 MW	Mn8 Energy Llc
45.8 mi	Adams Community Solar Garden Llc Watkins, CO	Solar	1 MW	Adams Community Solar Garden Llc
45.8 mi	Imboden Solar Garden Watkins, CO	Solar	3 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
45.9 mi	City Of Boulder Wwtp Boulder, CO	Solar	1 MW	Sune Nlb-2, Llc
46.0 mi	Hunter Solar, Llc (Co) Bennett, CO	Solar	75 MW	Hunter Solar, Llc
46.6 mi	Front Range Project Erie, CO	Biomass	3 MW	Timberline Energy Llc
46.6 mi	Canyon Peak Power Station Bennett, CO	Natural Gas	—	Canyon Peak Power, Llc
47.3 mi	Platte Valley Battery Storage Longmont, CO	Battery Storage	8 MW	United Power, Inc
47.4 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xviii Llc Denver, CO	Solar	9 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
47.5 mi	Airport 1 Solar (Dia) Denver, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
47.7 mi	Denver Intl Airport Iv Solar Denver, CO	Solar	2 MW	Denver Int'l Airport Iv Solar
48.0 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxii Llc (Csg) Denver, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
48.2 mi	Dia 8 Denver, CO	Solar	5 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
48.3 mi	Denver Int Airport Denver, CO	Solar	2 MW	Mma Das Power
48.4 mi	Pivot Solar 34 Longmont, CO	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
48.5 mi	City & County Of Denver At Denver Int'l Denver, CO	Solar	3 MW	Denver Airport Solar, Llc
48.8 mi	Bromley Battery Storage Brighton, CO	Battery Storage	12 MW	United Power, Inc
49.5 mi	Frank Knutson Commerce City, CO	Natural Gas	154 MW	Tri-State G & T Assn, Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 90 power plants within 50 miles of Buffalo Creek, Colorado (ZIP 80425), with a combined 3,206 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 51 of the 90 nearby plants. The closest plant is Strontia Springs Hydro Plant at 8.3 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 Colorado, visit the Colorado state page.

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