Power Plants Near 81623 — Carbondale, CO

22 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81623 (Carbondale, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.2511, -107.2044 · County: Garfield

Hydroelectric 82%Solar 9%Biomass 4%Natural Gas 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.6 mi	Sunnyside Ranch Community Solar Array Carbondale, CO	Solar	2 MW	Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc
15.0 mi	Ameresco Hce Solar Llc Glenwood Springs, CO	Solar	10 MW	Ameresco Hce Solar Llc
17.5 mi	Pitkin County Solar Aspen, CO	Solar	5 MW	Coolangatta Solar Llc
20.1 mi	Castle Creek Hydroplant Aspen, CO	Hydroelectric	—	City Of Aspen- (Co)
21.9 mi	Basalt Aspen, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	City Of Aspen- (Co)
22.1 mi	Shoshone (Co) Glenwood Springs, CO	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
29.0 mi	3 Mw Llc Somerset, CO	Other Fossil	3 MW	3 Mw Llc
30.6 mi	American Gypsum Cogeneration Gypsum, CO	Natural Gas	10 MW	Eagle Materials Co Llc
30.8 mi	Eagle Valley Clean Energy Llc Biomass Gypsum, CO	Biomass	13 MW	Eagle Valley Clean Energy Llc
32.4 mi	Eagle Springs Solar Llc Silt, CO	Solar	1 MW	Eagle Springs Solar Llc
32.5 mi	Mamm Creek Silt, CO	Battery Storage	—	Aes Clean Energy
33.6 mi	Rifle Generating Station Rifle, CO	Natural Gas	—	Tri-State G & T Assn, Inc
37.6 mi	Wwrf Solar Plant Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Sune U6 Holdings Llc
37.6 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxxii (Csg) Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
37.7 mi	Pivot Solar 7 Llc (Csg) Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
43.5 mi	Upper Molina Molina, CO	Hydroelectric	10 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
44.4 mi	Sugarloaf Hydro Plant Leadville, CO	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
45.1 mi	Lower Molina Molina, CO	Hydroelectric	6 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
46.9 mi	Mount Elbert Twin Lakes, CO	Hydroelectric	200 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
47.5 mi	High Mesa Co Parachute, CO	Battery Storage	—	Aes Clean Energy
48.7 mi	Pivot Solar 1 Llc (Csg) Parachute, CO	Solar	1 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
48.7 mi	Pivot Solar 3 Llc (Csg) Parachute, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions

Power generation near this area

There are 22 power plants within 50 miles of Carbondale, Colorado (ZIP 81623), with a combined 288 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 22 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sunnyside Ranch Community Solar Array at 11.6 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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