Power Plants Near 81612 — Aspen, CO

14 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81612 (Aspen, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.2234, -106.8828 · County: Pitkin

Hydroelectric 84%Solar 7%Biomass 5%Natural Gas 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.7 mi	Pitkin County Solar Aspen, CO	Solar	5 MW	Coolangatta Solar Llc
3.2 mi	Castle Creek Hydroplant Aspen, CO	Hydroelectric	—	City Of Aspen- (Co)
10.2 mi	Basalt Aspen, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	City Of Aspen- (Co)
19.8 mi	Sunnyside Ranch Community Solar Array Carbondale, CO	Solar	2 MW	Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc
25.2 mi	Ameresco Hce Solar Llc Glenwood Springs, CO	Solar	10 MW	Ameresco Hce Solar Llc
27.3 mi	Sugarloaf Hydro Plant Leadville, CO	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
29.5 mi	Eagle Valley Clean Energy Llc Biomass Gypsum, CO	Biomass	13 MW	Eagle Valley Clean Energy Llc
29.6 mi	American Gypsum Cogeneration Gypsum, CO	Natural Gas	10 MW	Eagle Materials Co Llc
29.8 mi	Mount Elbert Twin Lakes, CO	Hydroelectric	200 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
30.2 mi	Shoshone (Co) Glenwood Springs, CO	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
39.9 mi	3 Mw Llc Somerset, CO	Other Fossil	3 MW	3 Mw Llc
48.2 mi	Eagle Springs Solar Llc Silt, CO	Solar	1 MW	Eagle Springs Solar Llc
48.3 mi	Mamm Creek Silt, CO	Battery Storage	—	Aes Clean Energy
49.6 mi	Rifle Generating Station Rifle, CO	Natural Gas	—	Tri-State G & T Assn, Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 14 power plants within 50 miles of Aspen, Colorado (ZIP 81612), with a combined 265 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 14 nearby plants. The closest plant is Pitkin County Solar at 1.7 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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