Power Plants Near 81650 — Rifle, CO

23 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81650 (Rifle, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.5491, -107.7898 · County: Garfield

Hydroelectric 38%Solar 33%Biomass 14%Natural Gas 11%Other Fossil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.2 mi	Wwrf Solar Plant Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Sune U6 Holdings Llc
2.2 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxxii (Csg) Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
2.3 mi	Pivot Solar 7 Llc (Csg) Rifle, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
3.9 mi	Rifle Generating Station Rifle, CO	Natural Gas	—	Tri-State G & T Assn, Inc
5.1 mi	Mamm Creek Silt, CO	Battery Storage	—	Aes Clean Energy
5.2 mi	Eagle Springs Solar Llc Silt, CO	Solar	1 MW	Eagle Springs Solar Llc
18.5 mi	High Mesa Co Parachute, CO	Battery Storage	—	Aes Clean Energy
18.5 mi	Pivot Solar 1 Llc (Csg) Parachute, CO	Solar	1 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
18.5 mi	Pivot Solar 3 Llc (Csg) Parachute, CO	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
28.1 mi	Lower Molina Molina, CO	Hydroelectric	6 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
30.0 mi	Shoshone (Co) Glenwood Springs, CO	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
30.1 mi	Ameresco Hce Solar Llc Glenwood Springs, CO	Solar	10 MW	Ameresco Hce Solar Llc
30.3 mi	Upper Molina Molina, CO	Hydroelectric	10 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
35.0 mi	Sunnyside Ranch Community Solar Array Carbondale, CO	Solar	2 MW	Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc
39.8 mi	Oak Leaf Solar Xxxi Llc (Csg) Debeque, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
40.9 mi	Cameo Palisade, CO	Coal	—	Public Service Co Of Colorado
42.9 mi	Vinelands Power Plant Palisade, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Grand Valley Power Llc
44.1 mi	Bar D Meeker, CO	Solar	4 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
45.3 mi	American Gypsum Cogeneration Gypsum, CO	Natural Gas	10 MW	Eagle Materials Co Llc
45.6 mi	Eagle Valley Clean Energy Llc Biomass Gypsum, CO	Biomass	13 MW	Eagle Valley Clean Energy Llc
46.3 mi	Uss Fruita Solar Llc Csg Fruita, CO	Solar	2 MW	United States Solar Corporation
47.5 mi	3 Mw Llc Somerset, CO	Other Fossil	3 MW	3 Mw Llc
48.5 mi	Mesa Csg 2 Massicotte Palisade, CO	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar

Power generation near this area

There are 23 power plants within 50 miles of Rifle, Colorado (ZIP 81650), with a combined 89 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 23 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wwrf Solar Plant at 2.2 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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