Power Plants Near 81253 — Wetmore, CO

33 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81253 (Wetmore, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.1217, -105.1477 · County: Custer

Solar 36%Coal 34%Natural Gas 27%Wind 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
22.0 mi	Turkey Creek Solar Project Ault, CO	Solar	—	174 Power Global Corp.
22.3 mi	W N Clark Canon City, CO	Coal	—	Black Hills Colorado Electric, Llc
23.9 mi	Fremont Co 1, Llc Canon City, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
25.4 mi	James W. Broderick Hydropower Plant Pueblo, CO	Hydroelectric	8 MW	James W. Broderick Hydropower Plant
28.9 mi	Vestas Towers America, Inc. Pueblo, CO	Wind	2 MW	Cs Wind America, Inc.
28.9 mi	Cswind America Inc. Pueblo, CO	Solar	12 MW	Cs Wind America, Inc.
29.6 mi	Huerfano River Wind Walsenburg, CO	Wind	8 MW	Huerfano River Wind, Llc
30.5 mi	Bighorn Solar 1 Pueblo, CO	Solar	240 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
30.6 mi	Pueblo Pueblo, CO	Oil	8 MW	Black Hills Colorado Electric, Llc
31.7 mi	Comanche (Co) Pueblo, CO	Coal	1,253 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
32.1 mi	Comanche Solar Pueblo, CO	Solar	120 MW	Onward Energy
32.7 mi	Arroyo Solar Avondale, CO	Solar	—	Public Service Co Of Colorado
33.3 mi	Csu Pueblo Pueblo, CO	Solar	1 MW	Scale Sustainable I, Llc
34.4 mi	Sun Mountain Solar 1 Unincorporated Pueblo, CO	Solar	200 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
35.3 mi	Airport Industrial Pueblo, CO	Oil	10 MW	Black Hills Colorado Electric, Llc
35.3 mi	Stagecoach Lre Pueblo, CO	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
35.7 mi	Cec Solar #1117, Llc Pueblo, CO	Solar	2 MW	Clean Focus Renewables, Inc.
36.4 mi	Pueblo Airport Generating Station Pueblo, CO	Natural Gas	440 MW	Black Hills Service Company Llc
39.1 mi	Fountain Valley Power Facility Fountain, CO	Natural Gas	228 MW	Fountain Valley Power Llc
41.0 mi	Thunder Wolf Energy Center Hybrid Avondale, CO	Solar	348 MW	Thunder Wolf Energy Center, Llc
41.3 mi	Clear Spring Ranch Pv Project Fountain, CO	Solar	10 MW	Dg Colorado Solar, Llc
42.0 mi	Busch Ranch Wind Energy Walsenburg, CO	Wind	29 MW	Black Hills Colorado Electric, Llc
42.3 mi	Neptune Energy Center Hybrid Boone, CO	Solar	450 MW	Neptune Energy Center, Llc
42.4 mi	Front Range Power Plant Fountain, CO	Natural Gas	554 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
42.7 mi	Ray D Nixon Fountain, CO	Coal	283 MW	City Of Colorado Springs - (Co)
44.2 mi	Palmer Solar Fountain, CO	Solar	60 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
45.1 mi	Peak View Wind Farm Walsenburg, CO	Wind	61 MW	Black Hills Colorado Electric, Llc
46.0 mi	Carson Solar I Colorado Springs, CO	Solar	2 MW	Carson Solar 1 Llc
46.2 mi	Busch Ranch Ii Wind Farm Walsenburg, CO	Wind	59 MW	Black Hills Electric Generation Llc
46.2 mi	Pike Solar Hybrid Fountain, CO	Solar	175 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
47.5 mi	Fort Carson Battery Energy Storage Syste Fort Carson, CO	Other Fossil	4 MW	Department Of The Army, Fort Carson
48.6 mi	Uss Giveback Solar Llc (Csg) Pueblo, CO	Solar	2 MW	United States Solar Corporation
49.8 mi	Sune Alamosa Hooper, CO	Solar	8 MW	Sune Alamosa1 Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 33 power plants within 50 miles of Wetmore, Colorado (ZIP 81253), with a combined 4,578 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 18 of the 33 nearby plants. The closest plant is Turkey Creek Solar Project at 22.0 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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