Power Plants Near 81611 — Aspen, CO

12 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81611 (Aspen, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.1951, -106.8236 · County: Pitkin

Hydroelectric 83%Solar 7%Biomass 5%Natural Gas 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.6 mi	Castle Creek Hydroplant Aspen, CO	Hydroelectric	—	City Of Aspen- (Co)
4.6 mi	Pitkin County Solar Aspen, CO	Solar	5 MW	Coolangatta Solar Llc
11.6 mi	Basalt Aspen, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	City Of Aspen- (Co)
23.4 mi	Sunnyside Ranch Community Solar Array Carbondale, CO	Solar	2 MW	Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc
24.3 mi	Sugarloaf Hydro Plant Leadville, CO	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
26.2 mi	Mount Elbert Twin Lakes, CO	Hydroelectric	200 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
28.9 mi	Ameresco Hce Solar Llc Glenwood Springs, CO	Solar	10 MW	Ameresco Hce Solar Llc
31.9 mi	Eagle Valley Clean Energy Llc Biomass Gypsum, CO	Biomass	13 MW	Eagle Valley Clean Energy Llc
32.0 mi	American Gypsum Cogeneration Gypsum, CO	Natural Gas	10 MW	Eagle Materials Co Llc
33.7 mi	Shoshone (Co) Glenwood Springs, CO	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
41.6 mi	3 Mw Llc Somerset, CO	Other Fossil	3 MW	3 Mw Llc
46.4 mi	Trout Creek Solar Buena Vista, CO	Solar	2 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 12 power plants within 50 miles of Aspen, Colorado (ZIP 81611), with a combined 266 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 12 nearby plants. The closest plant is Castle Creek Hydroplant at 0.6 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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