Power Plants Near 81089 — Walsenburg, CO

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81089 (Walsenburg, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.6465, -104.7798 · County: Huerfano

Coal 42%Solar 37%Natural Gas 15%Wind 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.1 mi	Huerfano River Wind Walsenburg, CO	Wind	8 MW	Huerfano River Wind, Llc
15.6 mi	Peak View Wind Farm Walsenburg, CO	Wind	61 MW	Black Hills Colorado Electric, Llc
19.0 mi	Busch Ranch Wind Energy Walsenburg, CO	Wind	29 MW	Black Hills Colorado Electric, Llc
19.3 mi	San Isabel Solar, Llc Trinidad, CO	Solar	30 MW	San Isabel Solar, Llc
20.7 mi	Elk Run Aguilar, CO	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
20.9 mi	Busch Ranch Ii Wind Farm Walsenburg, CO	Wind	59 MW	Black Hills Electric Generation Llc
25.0 mi	Spanish Peaks Solar Trinidad, CO	Solar	140 MW	Spanish Peaks Solar Llc
36.1 mi	Trinidad (Co) Trinidad, CO	Oil	9 MW	City Of Trinidad - (Co)
37.2 mi	Cswind America Inc. Pueblo, CO	Solar	12 MW	Cs Wind America, Inc.
37.4 mi	Vestas Towers America, Inc. Pueblo, CO	Wind	2 MW	Cs Wind America, Inc.
37.8 mi	Arroyo Solar Avondale, CO	Solar	—	Public Service Co Of Colorado
39.5 mi	Sun Mountain Solar 1 Unincorporated Pueblo, CO	Solar	200 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
39.7 mi	Stagecoach Lre Pueblo, CO	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
40.0 mi	Bighorn Solar 1 Pueblo, CO	Solar	240 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
40.3 mi	Comanche Solar Pueblo, CO	Solar	120 MW	Onward Energy
40.4 mi	Comanche (Co) Pueblo, CO	Coal	1,253 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
42.9 mi	Thunder Wolf Energy Center Hybrid Avondale, CO	Solar	348 MW	Thunder Wolf Energy Center, Llc
43.2 mi	James W. Broderick Hydropower Plant Pueblo, CO	Hydroelectric	8 MW	James W. Broderick Hydropower Plant
43.8 mi	Pueblo Pueblo, CO	Oil	8 MW	Black Hills Colorado Electric, Llc
44.8 mi	Uss Giveback Solar Llc (Csg) Pueblo, CO	Solar	2 MW	United States Solar Corporation
46.1 mi	Airport Industrial Pueblo, CO	Oil	10 MW	Black Hills Colorado Electric, Llc
46.2 mi	Cec Solar #1117, Llc Pueblo, CO	Solar	2 MW	Clean Focus Renewables, Inc.
46.9 mi	Csu Pueblo Pueblo, CO	Solar	1 MW	Scale Sustainable I, Llc
48.6 mi	Pueblo Airport Generating Station Pueblo, CO	Natural Gas	440 MW	Black Hills Service Company Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Walsenburg, Colorado (ZIP 81089), with a combined 2,981 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Huerfano River Wind at 9.1 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.

← Search a different location · Printable proximity report →