Power Plants Near 81526 — Palisade, CO

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81526 (Palisade, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.1032, -108.3680 · County: Mesa

Natural Gas 34%Solar 32%Hydroelectric 31%Other Fossil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.2 mi	Vinelands Power Plant Palisade, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Grand Valley Power Llc
2.8 mi	Cameo Palisade, CO	Coal	—	Public Service Co Of Colorado
3.1 mi	Uss Fruita Solar Llc Csg Fruita, CO	Solar	2 MW	United States Solar Corporation
3.9 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxxi Llc (Csg) Debeque, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
4.9 mi	Mesa Csg 2 Massicotte Palisade, CO	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
8.0 mi	Mesa Pv1 Grand Junction, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
12.3 mi	Redlands Water & Power Grand Junction, CO	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Redlands Water & Power Company
14.8 mi	Mesa Csg 1 Murdock Grand Junction, CO	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
18.4 mi	Lower Molina Molina, CO	Hydroelectric	6 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
19.7 mi	Upper Molina Molina, CO	Hydroelectric	10 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
19.8 mi	Fruita Grand Junction, CO	Natural Gas	27 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
23.1 mi	Grand Valley Solar Generation And Bess Tbd, CO	Battery Storage	—	Grva Bn, Llc
25.6 mi	High Mesa Co Parachute, CO	Battery Storage	—	Aes Clean Energy
26.1 mi	Pivot Solar 1 Llc (Csg) Parachute, CO	Solar	1 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
26.1 mi	Pivot Solar 3 Llc (Csg) Parachute, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
32.5 mi	Garnet Mesa Solar Delta, CO	Solar	—	Garnet Mesa Solar Llc
36.4 mi	Ash Mesa Solar, Llc Olathe, CO	Solar	8 MW	Ash Mesa Solar, Llc
41.4 mi	Pivot Solar 7 Llc (Csg) Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
41.4 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxxii (Csg) Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
41.5 mi	Wwrf Solar Plant Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Sune U6 Holdings Llc
44.5 mi	Rifle Generating Station Rifle, CO	Natural Gas	—	Tri-State G & T Assn, Inc
46.2 mi	Mamm Creek Silt, CO	Battery Storage	—	Aes Clean Energy
46.3 mi	Eagle Springs Solar Llc Silt, CO	Solar	1 MW	Eagle Springs Solar Llc
46.6 mi	Shavano Falls Hydro Montrose, CO	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Shavano Falls Hydro Llc
48.7 mi	3 Mw Llc Somerset, CO	Other Fossil	3 MW	3 Mw Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Palisade, Colorado (ZIP 81526), with a combined 79 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Vinelands Power Plant at 1.2 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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