Power Plants Near 81321 — Cortez, CO

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81321 (Cortez, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.3549, -108.5837 · County: Montezuma

Coal 78%Solar 18%Natural Gas 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.4 mi	Cortez Solar 2, Llc Cortez, CO	Solar	5 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
3.3 mi	Cortez Solar 1, Llc Cortez, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
3.5 mi	Cortez Solar 3, Llc Cortez, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
5.2 mi	Towaoc Cortez, CO	Hydroelectric	11 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
9.3 mi	Coyote Gulch Solar Lewis, CO	Solar	—	Canyonland Solar Llc
9.6 mi	Canyonland Solar Cortez, CO	Solar	—	Canyonland Solar Llc
15.2 mi	Mcphee Cortez, CO	Hydroelectric	1 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
25.9 mi	Dolores Canyon Solar Cahone, CO	Solar	—	Tri-State G & T Assn, Inc
31.2 mi	Sun Bear Towaoec, CO	Battery Storage	—	Ms1
37.6 mi	San Juan Solar I Kirtland, NM	Solar	300 MW	San Juan Solar I, Llc
39.1 mi	San Juan Waterflow, NM	Coal	—	Public Service Co Of Nm
39.1 mi	Pinon Energy Center Waterflow, NM	Natural Gas	—	Public Service Co Of Nm
41.6 mi	Rockmont Solar And Storage Project Kirtland, NM	Solar	—	201lc 8me Llc
42.9 mi	Lpea Sunnyside Solar 1 Facility Durango, CO	Solar	2 MW	La Plata Electric Assn, Inc
45.5 mi	Tacoma Durango, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
46.3 mi	Williams Ignacio Natural Gas Plant Durango, CO	Other Fossil	6 MW	Harvest Midstream Co
46.3 mi	Four Corners Fruitland, NM	Coal	1,636 MW	Arizona Public Service Co
47.0 mi	Ntec Gas Plant Waterflow, NM	Natural Gas	—	Navajo Transitional Energy Company
48.3 mi	Red Mesa Solar Project Red Mesa, UT	Solar	72 MW	Ntua Generation - Utah, Llc
48.6 mi	Bluffview Farmington, NM	Natural Gas	67 MW	City Of Farmington - (Nm)
48.6 mi	Animas Farmington, NM	Natural Gas	—	City Of Farmington - (Nm)

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Cortez, Colorado (ZIP 81321), with a combined 2,109 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Cortez Solar 2, Llc at 2.4 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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