Power Plants Near 81301 — Durango, CO

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81301 (Durango, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.2874, -107.8617 · County: La Plata

Solar 71%Natural Gas 15%Hydroelectric 13%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.7 mi	Williams Ignacio Natural Gas Plant Durango, CO	Other Fossil	6 MW	Harvest Midstream Co
11.3 mi	Lpea Sunnyside Solar 1 Facility Durango, CO	Solar	2 MW	La Plata Electric Assn, Inc
16.8 mi	Vallecito Hydroelectric Bayfield, CO	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Ptarmigan Res & Engy Inc
16.9 mi	Tacoma Durango, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
36.0 mi	Navajo Dam Farmington, NM	Hydroelectric	30 MW	City Of Farmington - (Nm)
36.8 mi	Cortez Solar 1, Llc Cortez, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
38.3 mi	Milagro Cogeneration Plant Bloomfield, NM	Natural Gas	—	Harvest Midstream Co
38.8 mi	Blanco Compressor Station Bloomfield, NM	Natural Gas	—	Enterprise Products Optg Lp
39.5 mi	Cortez Solar 3, Llc Cortez, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
40.0 mi	Ames Hydro Ophir, CO	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
40.4 mi	Towaoc Cortez, CO	Hydroelectric	11 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
40.9 mi	San Juan Solar I Kirtland, NM	Solar	300 MW	San Juan Solar I, Llc
41.9 mi	Cortez Solar 2, Llc Cortez, CO	Solar	5 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
42.9 mi	Animas Farmington, NM	Natural Gas	—	City Of Farmington - (Nm)
43.9 mi	Mcphee Cortez, CO	Hydroelectric	1 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
44.0 mi	Bluffview Farmington, NM	Natural Gas	67 MW	City Of Farmington - (Nm)
45.3 mi	Rockmont Solar And Storage Project Kirtland, NM	Solar	—	201lc 8me Llc
46.3 mi	San Juan Waterflow, NM	Coal	—	Public Service Co Of Nm
46.5 mi	Pinon Energy Center Waterflow, NM	Natural Gas	—	Public Service Co Of Nm
48.4 mi	Coyote Gulch Solar Lewis, CO	Solar	—	Canyonland Solar Llc
48.7 mi	Canyonland Solar Cortez, CO	Solar	—	Canyonland Solar Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Durango, Colorado (ZIP 81301), with a combined 441 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Williams Ignacio Natural Gas Plant at 10.7 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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