Power Plants Near 81637 — Gypsum, CO

18 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81637 (Gypsum, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.6618, -106.9671 · County: Eagle

Hydroelectric 54%Solar 23%Biomass 13%Natural Gas 10%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.3 mi	American Gypsum Cogeneration Gypsum, CO	Natural Gas	10 MW	Eagle Materials Co Llc
1.6 mi	Eagle Valley Clean Energy Llc Biomass Gypsum, CO	Biomass	13 MW	Eagle Valley Clean Energy Llc
15.2 mi	Shoshone (Co) Glenwood Springs, CO	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
19.6 mi	Ameresco Hce Solar Llc Glenwood Springs, CO	Solar	10 MW	Ameresco Hce Solar Llc
19.8 mi	Sunnyside Ranch Community Solar Array Carbondale, CO	Solar	2 MW	Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc
22.0 mi	Basalt Aspen, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	City Of Aspen- (Co)
29.0 mi	Pitkin County Solar Aspen, CO	Solar	5 MW	Coolangatta Solar Llc
33.0 mi	Castle Creek Hydroplant Aspen, CO	Hydroelectric	—	City Of Aspen- (Co)
36.9 mi	Green Mountain Kremmling, CO	Hydroelectric	26 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
39.9 mi	Eagle Springs Solar Llc Silt, CO	Solar	1 MW	Eagle Springs Solar Llc
40.0 mi	Mamm Creek Silt, CO	Battery Storage	—	Aes Clean Energy
41.8 mi	Rifle Generating Station Rifle, CO	Natural Gas	—	Tri-State G & T Assn, Inc
42.4 mi	Sugarloaf Hydro Plant Leadville, CO	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
46.1 mi	Wwrf Solar Plant Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Sune U6 Holdings Llc
46.2 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxxii (Csg) Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
46.2 mi	Pivot Solar 7 Llc (Csg) Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
47.9 mi	Williams Fork Hydro Plant Parshall, CO	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Denver City & County Of
48.0 mi	Dillon Hydro Plant Summit, CO	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Denver City & County Of

Power generation near this area

There are 18 power plants within 50 miles of Gypsum, Colorado (ZIP 81637), with a combined 98 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 18 nearby plants. The closest plant is American Gypsum Cogeneration at 1.3 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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