Power Plants Near 81520 — Clifton, CO

22 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81520 (Clifton, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.0805, -108.4496 · County: Mesa

Natural Gas 36%Hydroelectric 32%Solar 32%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.6 mi	Uss Fruita Solar Llc Csg Fruita, CO	Solar	2 MW	United States Solar Corporation
2.9 mi	Mesa Csg 2 Massicotte Palisade, CO	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
3.3 mi	Mesa Pv1 Grand Junction, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
5.8 mi	Vinelands Power Plant Palisade, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Grand Valley Power Llc
7.4 mi	Cameo Palisade, CO	Coal	—	Public Service Co Of Colorado
7.7 mi	Redlands Water & Power Grand Junction, CO	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Redlands Water & Power Company
8.3 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxxi Llc (Csg) Debeque, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
10.6 mi	Mesa Csg 1 Murdock Grand Junction, CO	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
15.8 mi	Fruita Grand Junction, CO	Natural Gas	27 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
19.6 mi	Grand Valley Solar Generation And Bess Tbd, CO	Battery Storage	—	Grva Bn, Llc
23.1 mi	Lower Molina Molina, CO	Hydroelectric	6 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
24.2 mi	Upper Molina Molina, CO	Hydroelectric	10 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
29.7 mi	High Mesa Co Parachute, CO	Battery Storage	—	Aes Clean Energy
30.0 mi	Pivot Solar 1 Llc (Csg) Parachute, CO	Solar	1 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
30.0 mi	Pivot Solar 3 Llc (Csg) Parachute, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
34.4 mi	Garnet Mesa Solar Delta, CO	Solar	—	Garnet Mesa Solar Llc
37.7 mi	Ash Mesa Solar, Llc Olathe, CO	Solar	8 MW	Ash Mesa Solar, Llc
45.7 mi	Pivot Solar 7 Llc (Csg) Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
45.7 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxxii (Csg) Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
45.7 mi	Wwrf Solar Plant Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Sune U6 Holdings Llc
47.3 mi	Shavano Falls Hydro Montrose, CO	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Shavano Falls Hydro Llc
48.9 mi	Rifle Generating Station Rifle, CO	Natural Gas	—	Tri-State G & T Assn, Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 22 power plants within 50 miles of Clifton, Colorado (ZIP 81520), with a combined 75 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 22 nearby plants. The closest plant is Uss Fruita Solar Llc Csg at 1.6 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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