Power Plants Near 81082 — Trinidad, CO

8 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81082 (Trinidad, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.2691, -104.5038 · County: Las Animas

Solar 51%Wind 47%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.3 mi	Trinidad (Co) Trinidad, CO	Oil	9 MW	City Of Trinidad - (Co)
7.7 mi	Spanish Peaks Solar Trinidad, CO	Solar	140 MW	Spanish Peaks Solar Llc
12.8 mi	Elk Run Aguilar, CO	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
19.9 mi	San Isabel Solar, Llc Trinidad, CO	Solar	30 MW	San Isabel Solar, Llc
30.5 mi	Peak View Wind Farm Walsenburg, CO	Wind	61 MW	Black Hills Colorado Electric, Llc
34.6 mi	Busch Ranch Ii Wind Farm Walsenburg, CO	Wind	59 MW	Black Hills Electric Generation Llc
36.8 mi	Busch Ranch Wind Energy Walsenburg, CO	Wind	29 MW	Black Hills Colorado Electric, Llc
39.1 mi	Huerfano River Wind Walsenburg, CO	Wind	8 MW	Huerfano River Wind, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 8 power plants within 50 miles of Trinidad, Colorado (ZIP 81082), with a combined 336 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 8 nearby plants. The closest plant is Trinidad (Co) at 6.3 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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