Power Plants Near 81087 — Vilas, CO

10 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81087 (Vilas, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.3730, -102.4437 · County: Baca

Wind 90%Solar 7%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.4 mi	Vilas Solar Array Springfield, CO	Solar	4 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
10.0 mi	Springfield (Co) Springfield, CO	Oil	3 MW	City Of Springfield - (Co)
11.3 mi	Springfield Wind Springfield, CO	Wind	2 MW	Arkansas River Power Authority
24.8 mi	Colorado Green Holdings Llc Lamar, CO	Wind	162 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
28.2 mi	Twin Buttes Ii Wind Lamar, CO	Wind	75 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
30.9 mi	Twin Buttes Wind Project Lamar, CO	Wind	75 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
37.3 mi	Johnson Corner Solar 1 Johnson City, KS	Solar	20 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
40.3 mi	Johnson Johnson, KS	Oil	6 MW	City Of Johnson - (Ks)
45.9 mi	Lamar Plant Lamar, CO	Wind	8 MW	City Of Lamar - (Co)
49.9 mi	Holly Holly, CO	Oil	3 MW	Town Of Holly - (Co)

Power generation near this area

There are 10 power plants within 50 miles of Vilas, Colorado (ZIP 81087), with a combined 357 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 10 nearby plants. The closest plant is Vilas Solar Array at 1.4 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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