Power Plants Near 81251 — Twin Lakes, CO

14 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81251 (Twin Lakes, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.1011, -106.4416 · County: Lake

Hydroelectric 83%Solar 8%Biomass 5%Natural Gas 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.8 mi	Mount Elbert Twin Lakes, CO	Hydroelectric	200 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
11.1 mi	Sugarloaf Hydro Plant Leadville, CO	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
22.1 mi	Castle Creek Hydroplant Aspen, CO	Hydroelectric	—	City Of Aspen- (Co)
25.4 mi	Pitkin County Solar Aspen, CO	Solar	5 MW	Coolangatta Solar Llc
26.6 mi	Trout Creek Solar Buena Vista, CO	Solar	2 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
27.2 mi	Basalt Aspen, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	City Of Aspen- (Co)
41.1 mi	Dillon Hydro Plant Summit, CO	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Denver City & County Of
41.6 mi	Salida Salida, CO	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
43.8 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxxiii Llc (Lantz) Salida, CO	Solar	3 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
44.0 mi	Sunnyside Ranch Community Solar Array Carbondale, CO	Solar	2 MW	Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc
46.3 mi	Eagle Valley Clean Energy Llc Biomass Gypsum, CO	Biomass	13 MW	Eagle Valley Clean Energy Llc
46.5 mi	American Gypsum Cogeneration Gypsum, CO	Natural Gas	10 MW	Eagle Materials Co Llc
47.9 mi	North Fork Hydro Plant Grant, CO	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Denver City & County Of
49.4 mi	Ameresco Hce Solar Llc Glenwood Springs, CO	Solar	10 MW	Ameresco Hce Solar Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 14 power plants within 50 miles of Twin Lakes, Colorado (ZIP 81251), with a combined 259 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 14 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mount Elbert at 4.8 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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