Power Plants Near 81527 — Whitewater, CO

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81527 (Whitewater, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.9744, -108.3990 · County: Mesa

Hydroelectric 41%Natural Gas 30%Solar 27%Other Fossil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.0 mi	Mesa Csg 2 Massicotte Palisade, CO	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
8.2 mi	Uss Fruita Solar Llc Csg Fruita, CO	Solar	2 MW	United States Solar Corporation
8.7 mi	Mesa Pv1 Grand Junction, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
9.2 mi	Vinelands Power Plant Palisade, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Grand Valley Power Llc
11.3 mi	Cameo Palisade, CO	Coal	—	Public Service Co Of Colorado
12.2 mi	Redlands Water & Power Grand Junction, CO	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Redlands Water & Power Company
12.5 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxxi Llc (Csg) Debeque, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
16.1 mi	Mesa Csg 1 Murdock Grand Junction, CO	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
21.2 mi	Fruita Grand Junction, CO	Natural Gas	27 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
24.2 mi	Upper Molina Molina, CO	Hydroelectric	10 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
24.3 mi	Lower Molina Molina, CO	Hydroelectric	6 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
25.7 mi	Grand Valley Solar Generation And Bess Tbd, CO	Battery Storage	—	Grva Bn, Llc
27.6 mi	Garnet Mesa Solar Delta, CO	Solar	—	Garnet Mesa Solar Llc
30.5 mi	Ash Mesa Solar, Llc Olathe, CO	Solar	8 MW	Ash Mesa Solar, Llc
33.9 mi	High Mesa Co Parachute, CO	Battery Storage	—	Aes Clean Energy
34.6 mi	Pivot Solar 1 Llc (Csg) Parachute, CO	Solar	1 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
34.6 mi	Pivot Solar 3 Llc (Csg) Parachute, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
39.6 mi	Shavano Falls Hydro Montrose, CO	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Shavano Falls Hydro Llc
48.5 mi	South Canal Hydro-1 Montrose, CO	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Delta-Montrose Electric Association
48.6 mi	South Canal Hydro-3 Montrose, CO	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Delta-Montrose Electric Association
48.6 mi	3 Mw Llc Somerset, CO	Other Fossil	3 MW	3 Mw Llc
49.1 mi	Pivot Solar 7 Llc (Csg) Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
49.1 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxxii (Csg) Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
49.2 mi	Wwrf Solar Plant Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Sune U6 Holdings Llc
49.4 mi	Shavano Falls Hydro Drop 4 Montrose, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Shavano Falls Hydro Llc - Drop 4 Project

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Whitewater, Colorado (ZIP 81527), with a combined 90 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mesa Csg 2 Massicotte at 5.0 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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