Power Plants Near 80938 — Colorado Springs, CO

36 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 80938 (Colorado Springs, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.9047, -104.6634 · County: El Paso

Coal 30%Natural Gas 30%Solar 22%Wind 17%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.4 mi	George Birdsall Colorado Springs, CO	Natural Gas	61 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
8.5 mi	Secc Colorado Springs, CO	Oil	—	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
8.5 mi	Afa Solar Farm Colorado Springs, CO	Solar	6 MW	Solar Star Colorado Ii Llc
9.0 mi	Horizon Colorado Springs, CO	Natural Gas	—	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
10.0 mi	Pikes Peak Solar Garden 1 Llc Csg Colorado Springs, CO	Solar	2 MW	Pikes Peak Solar Garden 1 Llc
10.7 mi	South Plant (Co) Colorado Springs, CO	Natural Gas	245 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
12.6 mi	Fort Carson Battery Energy Storage Syste Fort Carson, CO	Other Fossil	4 MW	Department Of The Army, Fort Carson
13.6 mi	Tesla Colorado Springs, CO	Hydroelectric	27 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
14.1 mi	Carson Solar I Colorado Springs, CO	Solar	2 MW	Carson Solar 1 Llc
14.9 mi	Manitou Springs Manitou Spring, CO	Hydroelectric	6 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
17.3 mi	Ruxton Park Manitou Spring, CO	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
18.9 mi	Ray D Nixon Fountain, CO	Coal	283 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
19.0 mi	Palmer Solar Fountain, CO	Solar	60 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
19.3 mi	Front Range Power Plant Fountain, CO	Natural Gas	554 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
20.0 mi	Pike Solar Hybrid Fountain, CO	Solar	175 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
21.0 mi	Clear Spring Ranch Pv Project Fountain, CO	Solar	10 MW	Dg Colorado Solar, Llc
22.6 mi	Grazing Yak Solar Calhan, CO	Solar	35 MW	Grazing Yak Solar, Llc
24.1 mi	Fountain Valley Power Facility Fountain, CO	Natural Gas	228 MW	Fountain Valley Power Llc
24.4 mi	Golden West Power Partners Llc Calhan, CO	Wind	250 MW	Golden West Power Partners, Llc
37.1 mi	Sundance (Co) Kiowa, CO	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
38.6 mi	Turkey Creek Solar Project Ault, CO	Solar	—	174 Power Global Corp.
41.0 mi	Pueblo Airport Generating Station Pueblo, CO	Natural Gas	440 MW	Black Hills Service Company Llc
41.6 mi	Csu Pueblo Pueblo, CO	Solar	1 MW	Scale Sustainable I, Llc
41.9 mi	Neptune Energy Center Hybrid Boone, CO	Solar	450 MW	Neptune Energy Center, Llc
42.5 mi	Fremont Co 1, Llc Canon City, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
43.5 mi	Airport Industrial Pueblo, CO	Oil	10 MW	Black Hills Colorado Electric, Llc
43.5 mi	Cec Solar #1117, Llc Pueblo, CO	Solar	2 MW	Clean Focus Renewables, Inc.
43.9 mi	Foothills Hydro Plant Littleton, CO	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Denver City & County-Foothills
44.0 mi	James W. Broderick Hydropower Plant Pueblo, CO	Hydroelectric	8 MW	James W. Broderick Hydropower Plant
44.1 mi	Strontia Springs Hydro Plant Littleton, CO	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Denver City & County Of
44.2 mi	Pueblo Pueblo, CO	Oil	8 MW	Black Hills Colorado Electric, Llc
45.4 mi	W N Clark Canon City, CO	Coal	—	Black Hills Colorado Electric, Llc
47.6 mi	Rush Creek Wind Matheson, CO	Wind	600 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
48.3 mi	Bighorn Solar 1 Pueblo, CO	Solar	240 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
48.4 mi	Comanche (Co) Pueblo, CO	Coal	1,253 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
48.6 mi	Comanche Solar Pueblo, CO	Solar	120 MW	Onward Energy

Power generation near this area

There are 36 power plants within 50 miles of Colorado Springs, Colorado (ZIP 80938), with a combined 5,085 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 36 nearby plants. The closest plant is George Birdsall at 8.4 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 Colorado, visit the Colorado state page.

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