Power Plants Near 81521 — Fruita, CO

16 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81521 (Fruita, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.1637, -108.7218 · County: Mesa

Natural Gas 45%Hydroelectric 36%Solar 19%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.0 mi	Fruita Grand Junction, CO	Natural Gas	27 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
4.0 mi	Grand Valley Solar Generation And Bess Tbd, CO	Battery Storage	—	Grva Bn, Llc
5.6 mi	Mesa Csg 1 Murdock Grand Junction, CO	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
9.6 mi	Redlands Water & Power Grand Junction, CO	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Redlands Water & Power Company
13.2 mi	Mesa Pv1 Grand Junction, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
16.8 mi	Uss Fruita Solar Llc Csg Fruita, CO	Solar	2 MW	United States Solar Corporation
18.2 mi	Mesa Csg 2 Massicotte Palisade, CO	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
20.6 mi	Vinelands Power Plant Palisade, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Grand Valley Power Llc
21.3 mi	Cameo Palisade, CO	Coal	—	Public Service Co Of Colorado
21.6 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxxi Llc (Csg) Debeque, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
36.4 mi	Lower Molina Molina, CO	Hydroelectric	6 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
37.9 mi	Pivot Solar 1 Llc (Csg) Parachute, CO	Solar	1 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
37.9 mi	Pivot Solar 3 Llc (Csg) Parachute, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
38.2 mi	High Mesa Co Parachute, CO	Battery Storage	—	Aes Clean Energy
38.4 mi	Upper Molina Molina, CO	Hydroelectric	10 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
49.3 mi	Garnet Mesa Solar Delta, CO	Solar	—	Garnet Mesa Solar Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 16 power plants within 50 miles of Fruita, Colorado (ZIP 81521), with a combined 59 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 16 nearby plants. The closest plant is Fruita at 2.0 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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