Power Plants Near 81501 — Grand Junction, CO

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81501 (Grand Junction, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.0783, -108.5457 · County: Mesa

Natural Gas 36%Hydroelectric 32%Solar 32%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.1 mi	Mesa Pv1 Grand Junction, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
2.6 mi	Redlands Water & Power Grand Junction, CO	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Redlands Water & Power Company
5.7 mi	Mesa Csg 1 Murdock Grand Junction, CO	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
6.6 mi	Uss Fruita Solar Llc Csg Fruita, CO	Solar	2 MW	United States Solar Corporation
7.1 mi	Mesa Csg 2 Massicotte Palisade, CO	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
10.8 mi	Vinelands Power Plant Palisade, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Grand Valley Power Llc
10.9 mi	Fruita Grand Junction, CO	Natural Gas	27 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
12.3 mi	Cameo Palisade, CO	Coal	—	Public Service Co Of Colorado
12.9 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxxi Llc (Csg) Debeque, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
15.2 mi	Grand Valley Solar Generation And Bess Tbd, CO	Battery Storage	—	Grva Bn, Llc
28.0 mi	Lower Molina Molina, CO	Hydroelectric	6 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
29.4 mi	Upper Molina Molina, CO	Hydroelectric	10 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
33.5 mi	High Mesa Co Parachute, CO	Battery Storage	—	Aes Clean Energy
33.7 mi	Pivot Solar 1 Llc (Csg) Parachute, CO	Solar	1 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
33.7 mi	Pivot Solar 3 Llc (Csg) Parachute, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
38.2 mi	Garnet Mesa Solar Delta, CO	Solar	—	Garnet Mesa Solar Llc
41.2 mi	Ash Mesa Solar, Llc Olathe, CO	Solar	8 MW	Ash Mesa Solar, Llc
49.7 mi	Pivot Solar 7 Llc (Csg) Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
49.7 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxxii (Csg) Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
49.8 mi	Wwrf Solar Plant Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Sune U6 Holdings Llc
50.0 mi	Shavano Falls Hydro Montrose, CO	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Shavano Falls Hydro Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Grand Junction, Colorado (ZIP 81501), with a combined 75 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mesa Pv1 at 2.1 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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