Power Plants Near 80720 — Akron, CO

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 80720 (Akron, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.1803, -103.2259 · County: Washington

Natural Gas 41%Coal 37%Wind 20%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
21.8 mi	Brush Generation Facility Brush, CO	Natural Gas	297 MW	Brush Power Llc
21.9 mi	Mtn. Solar 3 Csg Brush, CO	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
22.5 mi	Pivot Solar 52 Brush, CO	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
22.5 mi	Pivot Solar 32 Brush, CO	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
23.5 mi	Pivot Solar 14 Llc (Csg) Brush, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
23.5 mi	Pivot Solar 2 Llc (Csg) Brush, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
23.6 mi	Pivot Solar 15 Llc (Csg) Brush, CO	Solar	1 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
24.2 mi	Pawnee Brush, CO	Coal	552 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
24.4 mi	Manchief Electric Generating Station Brush, CO	Natural Gas	300 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
29.9 mi	Mtn Solar 6 Llc (Csg) Sterling, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
29.9 mi	Nse Camber Solar Ps11 Llc (Csg) Sterling, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
29.9 mi	Pivot Solar 12 Llc(Csg) Sterling, CO	Solar	1 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
30.0 mi	Logan 1 Community Solar Array Sterling, CO	Solar	2 MW	Mn8 Energy Llc
30.4 mi	Pivot Solar 37 Sterling, CO	Solar	3 MW	Pivot Energy
30.5 mi	Nse Camber Solar Ps13 Llc (Csg) Sterling, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
31.2 mi	Western Sugar Coop- Ft Morgan Fort Morgan, CO	Natural Gas	3 MW	Western Sugar Cooperative
31.2 mi	Sterling Pv 3 Sterling, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
33.2 mi	Niyol Wind, Llc Fleming, CO	Wind	206 MW	Niyol Wind, Llc
33.6 mi	Cbep Solar 1, Llc Sterling, CO	Solar	5 MW	Green Street Power Partners
33.9 mi	Riverview Solar Sterling, CO	Solar	2 MW	Highline Services, Llc
47.2 mi	Colorado Highlands Wind Fleming, CO	Wind	96 MW	Colorado Highlands Wind Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Akron, Colorado (ZIP 80720), with a combined 1,480 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Brush Generation Facility at 21.8 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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