Power Plants Near 81602 — Glenwood Springs, CO

20 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81602 (Glenwood Springs, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.5505, -107.3248 · County: Garfield

Hydroelectric 41%Solar 30%Biomass 15%Natural Gas 11%Other Fossil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.4 mi	Shoshone (Co) Glenwood Springs, CO	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
7.5 mi	Ameresco Hce Solar Llc Glenwood Springs, CO	Solar	10 MW	Ameresco Hce Solar Llc
12.9 mi	Sunnyside Ranch Community Solar Array Carbondale, CO	Solar	2 MW	Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc
19.9 mi	Eagle Springs Solar Llc Silt, CO	Solar	1 MW	Eagle Springs Solar Llc
20.0 mi	Mamm Creek Silt, CO	Battery Storage	—	Aes Clean Energy
21.1 mi	American Gypsum Cogeneration Gypsum, CO	Natural Gas	10 MW	Eagle Materials Co Llc
21.4 mi	Eagle Valley Clean Energy Llc Biomass Gypsum, CO	Biomass	13 MW	Eagle Valley Clean Energy Llc
21.7 mi	Rifle Generating Station Rifle, CO	Natural Gas	—	Tri-State G & T Assn, Inc
26.1 mi	Wwrf Solar Plant Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Sune U6 Holdings Llc
26.2 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxxii (Csg) Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
26.2 mi	Pivot Solar 7 Llc (Csg) Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
29.8 mi	Basalt Aspen, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	City Of Aspen- (Co)
31.8 mi	Pitkin County Solar Aspen, CO	Solar	5 MW	Coolangatta Solar Llc
35.9 mi	Castle Creek Hydroplant Aspen, CO	Hydroelectric	—	City Of Aspen- (Co)
41.3 mi	High Mesa Co Parachute, CO	Battery Storage	—	Aes Clean Energy
41.9 mi	Pivot Solar 1 Llc (Csg) Parachute, CO	Solar	1 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
41.9 mi	Pivot Solar 3 Llc (Csg) Parachute, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
45.6 mi	Lower Molina Molina, CO	Hydroelectric	6 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
45.9 mi	3 Mw Llc Somerset, CO	Other Fossil	3 MW	3 Mw Llc
45.9 mi	Upper Molina Molina, CO	Hydroelectric	10 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation

Power generation near this area

There are 20 power plants within 50 miles of Glenwood Springs, Colorado (ZIP 81602), with a combined 86 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 20 nearby plants. The closest plant is Shoshone (Co) at 5.4 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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