Power Plants Near 80429 — Climax, CO

16 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 80429 (Climax, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.2258, -106.3117 · County: Lake

Hydroelectric 94%Biomass 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.9 mi	Sugarloaf Hydro Plant Leadville, CO	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
9.3 mi	Mount Elbert Twin Lakes, CO	Hydroelectric	200 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
28.1 mi	Castle Creek Hydroplant Aspen, CO	Hydroelectric	—	City Of Aspen- (Co)
28.9 mi	Basalt Aspen, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	City Of Aspen- (Co)
30.3 mi	Dillon Hydro Plant Summit, CO	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Denver City & County Of
30.3 mi	Pitkin County Solar Aspen, CO	Solar	5 MW	Coolangatta Solar Llc
30.4 mi	Trout Creek Solar Buena Vista, CO	Solar	2 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
37.6 mi	North Fork Hydro Plant Grant, CO	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Denver City & County Of
43.8 mi	Cabin Creek Georgetown, CO	Hydroelectric	300 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
44.6 mi	Eagle Valley Clean Energy Llc Biomass Gypsum, CO	Biomass	13 MW	Eagle Valley Clean Energy Llc
44.8 mi	American Gypsum Cogeneration Gypsum, CO	Natural Gas	10 MW	Eagle Materials Co Llc
45.1 mi	Green Mountain Kremmling, CO	Hydroelectric	26 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
45.9 mi	Georgetown Hydro Georgetown, CO	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
47.0 mi	Sunnyside Ranch Community Solar Array Carbondale, CO	Solar	2 MW	Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc
48.3 mi	Salida Salida, CO	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
49.3 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxxiii Llc (Lantz) Salida, CO	Solar	3 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation

Power generation near this area

There are 16 power plants within 50 miles of Climax, Colorado (ZIP 80429), with a combined 576 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 16 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sugarloaf Hydro Plant at 3.9 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 Colorado, visit the Colorado state page.

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