Power Plants Near 80809 — Cascade, CO

32 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 80809 (Cascade, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.8967, -104.9722 · County: El Paso

Natural Gas 53%Solar 26%Coal 10%Wind 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.5 mi	Manitou Springs Manitou Spring, CO	Hydroelectric	6 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
3.8 mi	Ruxton Park Manitou Spring, CO	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
6.5 mi	Tesla Colorado Springs, CO	Hydroelectric	27 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
8.4 mi	Secc Colorado Springs, CO	Oil	—	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
8.4 mi	George Birdsall Colorado Springs, CO	Natural Gas	61 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
9.0 mi	South Plant (Co) Colorado Springs, CO	Natural Gas	245 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
9.9 mi	Afa Solar Farm Colorado Springs, CO	Solar	6 MW	Solar Star Colorado Ii Llc
14.8 mi	Fort Carson Battery Energy Storage Syste Fort Carson, CO	Other Fossil	4 MW	Department Of The Army, Fort Carson
14.8 mi	Pikes Peak Solar Garden 1 Llc Csg Colorado Springs, CO	Solar	2 MW	Pikes Peak Solar Garden 1 Llc
15.8 mi	Carson Solar I Colorado Springs, CO	Solar	2 MW	Carson Solar 1 Llc
18.5 mi	Horizon Colorado Springs, CO	Natural Gas	—	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
23.2 mi	Ray D Nixon Fountain, CO	Coal	283 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
23.4 mi	Front Range Power Plant Fountain, CO	Natural Gas	554 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
25.2 mi	Palmer Solar Fountain, CO	Solar	60 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
25.3 mi	Clear Spring Ranch Pv Project Fountain, CO	Solar	10 MW	Dg Colorado Solar, Llc
28.0 mi	Fountain Valley Power Facility Fountain, CO	Natural Gas	228 MW	Fountain Valley Power Llc
28.4 mi	Pike Solar Hybrid Fountain, CO	Solar	175 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
32.6 mi	Fremont Co 1, Llc Canon City, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
35.3 mi	W N Clark Canon City, CO	Coal	—	Black Hills Colorado Electric, Llc
35.7 mi	Turkey Creek Solar Project Ault, CO	Solar	—	174 Power Global Corp.
37.9 mi	Strontia Springs Hydro Plant Littleton, CO	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Denver City & County Of
39.1 mi	Grazing Yak Solar Calhan, CO	Solar	35 MW	Grazing Yak Solar, Llc
39.2 mi	Foothills Hydro Plant Littleton, CO	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Denver City & County-Foothills
41.0 mi	Golden West Power Partners Llc Calhan, CO	Wind	250 MW	Golden West Power Partners, Llc
45.4 mi	James W. Broderick Hydropower Plant Pueblo, CO	Hydroelectric	8 MW	James W. Broderick Hydropower Plant
45.5 mi	Sundance (Co) Kiowa, CO	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
46.0 mi	Csu Pueblo Pueblo, CO	Solar	1 MW	Scale Sustainable I, Llc
46.5 mi	Pueblo Airport Generating Station Pueblo, CO	Natural Gas	440 MW	Black Hills Service Company Llc
47.6 mi	Pueblo Pueblo, CO	Oil	8 MW	Black Hills Colorado Electric, Llc
48.6 mi	Airport Industrial Pueblo, CO	Oil	10 MW	Black Hills Colorado Electric, Llc
48.7 mi	Cec Solar #1117, Llc Pueblo, CO	Solar	2 MW	Clean Focus Renewables, Inc.
49.4 mi	Neptune Energy Center Hybrid Boone, CO	Solar	450 MW	Neptune Energy Center, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 32 power plants within 50 miles of Cascade, Colorado (ZIP 80809), with a combined 2,872 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 32 nearby plants. The closest plant is Manitou Springs at 3.5 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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