Power Plants Near 81240 — Penrose, CO

38 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81240 (Penrose, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.4336, -105.0113 · County: Fremont

Solar 34%Coal 32%Natural Gas 32%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.4 mi	Turkey Creek Solar Project Ault, CO	Solar	—	174 Power Global Corp.
11.1 mi	Fremont Co 1, Llc Canon City, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
12.9 mi	W N Clark Canon City, CO	Coal	—	Black Hills Colorado Electric, Llc
19.4 mi	James W. Broderick Hydropower Plant Pueblo, CO	Hydroelectric	8 MW	James W. Broderick Hydropower Plant
19.5 mi	Fountain Valley Power Facility Fountain, CO	Natural Gas	228 MW	Fountain Valley Power Llc
20.7 mi	Clear Spring Ranch Pv Project Fountain, CO	Solar	10 MW	Dg Colorado Solar, Llc
21.2 mi	Front Range Power Plant Fountain, CO	Natural Gas	554 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
21.5 mi	Ray D Nixon Fountain, CO	Coal	283 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
23.5 mi	Carson Solar I Colorado Springs, CO	Solar	2 MW	Carson Solar 1 Llc
23.7 mi	Palmer Solar Fountain, CO	Solar	60 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
24.4 mi	Pueblo Pueblo, CO	Oil	8 MW	Black Hills Colorado Electric, Llc
25.0 mi	Csu Pueblo Pueblo, CO	Solar	1 MW	Scale Sustainable I, Llc
25.0 mi	Fort Carson Battery Energy Storage Syste Fort Carson, CO	Other Fossil	4 MW	Department Of The Army, Fort Carson
26.6 mi	Pike Solar Hybrid Fountain, CO	Solar	175 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
27.4 mi	Bighorn Solar 1 Pueblo, CO	Solar	240 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
27.4 mi	Pueblo Airport Generating Station Pueblo, CO	Natural Gas	440 MW	Black Hills Service Company Llc
27.6 mi	Pikes Peak Solar Garden 1 Llc Csg Colorado Springs, CO	Solar	2 MW	Pikes Peak Solar Garden 1 Llc
27.8 mi	Vestas Towers America, Inc. Pueblo, CO	Wind	2 MW	Cs Wind America, Inc.
28.0 mi	Airport Industrial Pueblo, CO	Oil	10 MW	Black Hills Colorado Electric, Llc
28.0 mi	Cswind America Inc. Pueblo, CO	Solar	12 MW	Cs Wind America, Inc.
28.2 mi	Ruxton Park Manitou Spring, CO	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
28.3 mi	Comanche (Co) Pueblo, CO	Coal	1,253 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
28.3 mi	Cec Solar #1117, Llc Pueblo, CO	Solar	2 MW	Clean Focus Renewables, Inc.
28.7 mi	South Plant (Co) Colorado Springs, CO	Natural Gas	245 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
28.8 mi	Comanche Solar Pueblo, CO	Solar	120 MW	Onward Energy
29.5 mi	Manitou Springs Manitou Spring, CO	Hydroelectric	6 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
30.0 mi	Horizon Colorado Springs, CO	Natural Gas	—	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
31.3 mi	Arroyo Solar Avondale, CO	Solar	—	Public Service Co Of Colorado
31.9 mi	Sun Mountain Solar 1 Unincorporated Pueblo, CO	Solar	200 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
32.7 mi	Secc Colorado Springs, CO	Oil	—	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
32.7 mi	George Birdsall Colorado Springs, CO	Natural Gas	61 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
32.8 mi	Stagecoach Lre Pueblo, CO	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
33.1 mi	Neptune Energy Center Hybrid Boone, CO	Solar	450 MW	Neptune Energy Center, Llc
37.3 mi	Thunder Wolf Energy Center Hybrid Avondale, CO	Solar	348 MW	Thunder Wolf Energy Center, Llc
37.8 mi	Tesla Colorado Springs, CO	Hydroelectric	27 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
37.9 mi	Afa Solar Farm Colorado Springs, CO	Solar	6 MW	Solar Star Colorado Ii Llc
45.7 mi	Uss Giveback Solar Llc (Csg) Pueblo, CO	Solar	2 MW	United States Solar Corporation
46.7 mi	Huerfano River Wind Walsenburg, CO	Wind	8 MW	Huerfano River Wind, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 38 power plants within 50 miles of Penrose, Colorado (ZIP 81240), with a combined 4,768 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 19 of the 38 nearby plants. The closest plant is Turkey Creek Solar Project at 6.4 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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