Power Plants Near 81211 — Buena Vista, CO

8 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81211 (Buena Vista, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.8380, -106.1471 · County: Chaffee

Hydroelectric 95%Solar 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.5 mi	Trout Creek Solar Buena Vista, CO	Solar	2 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
20.9 mi	Mount Elbert Twin Lakes, CO	Hydroelectric	200 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
21.1 mi	Salida Salida, CO	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
21.2 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxxiii Llc (Lantz) Salida, CO	Solar	3 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
31.1 mi	Sugarloaf Hydro Plant Leadville, CO	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
44.4 mi	Castle Creek Hydroplant Aspen, CO	Hydroelectric	—	City Of Aspen- (Co)
48.3 mi	Pitkin County Solar Aspen, CO	Solar	5 MW	Coolangatta Solar Llc
49.9 mi	North Fork Hydro Plant Grant, CO	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Denver City & County Of

Power generation near this area

There are 8 power plants within 50 miles of Buena Vista, Colorado (ZIP 81211), with a combined 219 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 8 nearby plants. The closest plant is Trout Creek Solar at 2.5 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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