Power Plants Near 81621 — Basalt, CO

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81621 (Basalt, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.3535, -106.9988 · County: Eagle

Hydroelectric 82%Solar 8%Biomass 5%Natural Gas 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.5 mi	Sunnyside Ranch Community Solar Array Carbondale, CO	Solar	2 MW	Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc
9.5 mi	Basalt Aspen, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	City Of Aspen- (Co)
9.8 mi	Pitkin County Solar Aspen, CO	Solar	5 MW	Coolangatta Solar Llc
14.0 mi	Castle Creek Hydroplant Aspen, CO	Hydroelectric	—	City Of Aspen- (Co)
14.8 mi	Ameresco Hce Solar Llc Glenwood Springs, CO	Solar	10 MW	Ameresco Hce Solar Llc
19.3 mi	Shoshone (Co) Glenwood Springs, CO	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
20.6 mi	American Gypsum Cogeneration Gypsum, CO	Natural Gas	10 MW	Eagle Materials Co Llc
20.6 mi	Eagle Valley Clean Energy Llc Biomass Gypsum, CO	Biomass	13 MW	Eagle Valley Clean Energy Llc
34.1 mi	Sugarloaf Hydro Plant Leadville, CO	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
39.0 mi	Mount Elbert Twin Lakes, CO	Hydroelectric	200 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
39.1 mi	Eagle Springs Solar Llc Silt, CO	Solar	1 MW	Eagle Springs Solar Llc
39.2 mi	Mamm Creek Silt, CO	Battery Storage	—	Aes Clean Energy
40.6 mi	Rifle Generating Station Rifle, CO	Natural Gas	—	Tri-State G & T Assn, Inc
41.3 mi	3 Mw Llc Somerset, CO	Other Fossil	3 MW	3 Mw Llc
45.0 mi	Wwrf Solar Plant Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Sune U6 Holdings Llc
45.1 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxxii (Csg) Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
45.1 mi	Pivot Solar 7 Llc (Csg) Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Basalt, Colorado (ZIP 81621), with a combined 270 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sunnyside Ranch Community Solar Array at 9.5 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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