Power Plants Near 81503 — Grand Junction, CO

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81503 (Grand Junction, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.0307, -108.4361 · County: Mesa

Natural Gas 36%Hydroelectric 32%Solar 32%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.3 mi	Mesa Csg 2 Massicotte Palisade, CO	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
4.3 mi	Uss Fruita Solar Llc Csg Fruita, CO	Solar	2 MW	United States Solar Corporation
4.7 mi	Mesa Pv1 Grand Junction, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
6.9 mi	Vinelands Power Plant Palisade, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Grand Valley Power Llc
8.8 mi	Redlands Water & Power Grand Junction, CO	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Redlands Water & Power Company
8.9 mi	Cameo Palisade, CO	Coal	—	Public Service Co Of Colorado
10.1 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxxi Llc (Csg) Debeque, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
12.4 mi	Mesa Csg 1 Murdock Grand Junction, CO	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
17.6 mi	Fruita Grand Junction, CO	Natural Gas	27 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
21.9 mi	Grand Valley Solar Generation And Bess Tbd, CO	Battery Storage	—	Grva Bn, Llc
23.8 mi	Lower Molina Molina, CO	Hydroelectric	6 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
24.4 mi	Upper Molina Molina, CO	Hydroelectric	10 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
31.6 mi	Garnet Mesa Solar Delta, CO	Solar	—	Garnet Mesa Solar Llc
31.8 mi	High Mesa Co Parachute, CO	Battery Storage	—	Aes Clean Energy
32.3 mi	Pivot Solar 1 Llc (Csg) Parachute, CO	Solar	1 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
32.3 mi	Pivot Solar 3 Llc (Csg) Parachute, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
34.7 mi	Ash Mesa Solar, Llc Olathe, CO	Solar	8 MW	Ash Mesa Solar, Llc
44.0 mi	Shavano Falls Hydro Montrose, CO	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Shavano Falls Hydro Llc
47.5 mi	Pivot Solar 7 Llc (Csg) Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
47.5 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxxii (Csg) Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
47.6 mi	Wwrf Solar Plant Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Sune U6 Holdings Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Grand Junction, Colorado (ZIP 81503), 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 Csg 2 Massicotte at 1.3 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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