Power Plants Near 81647 — New Castle, CO

20 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81647 (New Castle, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.5709, -107.5428 · County: Garfield

Hydroelectric 41%Solar 30%Biomass 15%Natural Gas 11%Other Fossil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.7 mi	Eagle Springs Solar Llc Silt, CO	Solar	1 MW	Eagle Springs Solar Llc
8.8 mi	Mamm Creek Silt, CO	Battery Storage	—	Aes Clean Energy
10.6 mi	Rifle Generating Station Rifle, CO	Natural Gas	—	Tri-State G & T Assn, Inc
14.8 mi	Wwrf Solar Plant Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Sune U6 Holdings Llc
14.9 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxxii (Csg) Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
14.9 mi	Pivot Solar 7 Llc (Csg) Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
16.8 mi	Shoshone (Co) Glenwood Springs, CO	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
17.9 mi	Ameresco Hce Solar Llc Glenwood Springs, CO	Solar	10 MW	Ameresco Hce Solar Llc
23.2 mi	Sunnyside Ranch Community Solar Array Carbondale, CO	Solar	2 MW	Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc
30.8 mi	High Mesa Co Parachute, CO	Battery Storage	—	Aes Clean Energy
31.1 mi	Pivot Solar 1 Llc (Csg) Parachute, CO	Solar	1 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
31.1 mi	Pivot Solar 3 Llc (Csg) Parachute, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
32.0 mi	American Gypsum Cogeneration Gypsum, CO	Natural Gas	10 MW	Eagle Materials Co Llc
32.4 mi	Eagle Valley Clean Energy Llc Biomass Gypsum, CO	Biomass	13 MW	Eagle Valley Clean Energy Llc
37.4 mi	Lower Molina Molina, CO	Hydroelectric	6 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
38.5 mi	Upper Molina Molina, CO	Hydroelectric	10 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
41.0 mi	Basalt Aspen, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	City Of Aspen- (Co)
42.0 mi	Pitkin County Solar Aspen, CO	Solar	5 MW	Coolangatta Solar Llc
45.9 mi	Castle Creek Hydroplant Aspen, CO	Hydroelectric	—	City Of Aspen- (Co)
46.4 mi	3 Mw Llc Somerset, CO	Other Fossil	3 MW	3 Mw Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 20 power plants within 50 miles of New Castle, Colorado (ZIP 81647), with a combined 86 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 20 nearby plants. The closest plant is Eagle Springs Solar Llc at 8.7 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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