Power Plants Near 81657 — Vail, CO

18 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81657 (Vail, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.6512, -106.3234 · County: Eagle

Hydroelectric 95%Biomass 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.8 mi	Dillon Hydro Plant Summit, CO	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Denver City & County Of
15.7 mi	Green Mountain Kremmling, CO	Hydroelectric	26 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
27.2 mi	Williams Fork Hydro Plant Parshall, CO	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Denver City & County Of
27.7 mi	Sugarloaf Hydro Plant Leadville, CO	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
32.7 mi	Cabin Creek Georgetown, CO	Hydroelectric	300 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
33.0 mi	Eagle Valley Clean Energy Llc Biomass Gypsum, CO	Biomass	13 MW	Eagle Valley Clean Energy Llc
33.1 mi	Tom Sifers Solar Fraser, CO	Solar	1 MW	Mountain Parks Services, Inc.
33.2 mi	Basalt Aspen, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	City Of Aspen- (Co)
33.3 mi	American Gypsum Cogeneration Gypsum, CO	Natural Gas	10 MW	Eagle Materials Co Llc
33.4 mi	Georgetown Hydro Georgetown, CO	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
36.8 mi	North Fork Hydro Plant Grant, CO	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Denver City & County Of
38.5 mi	Mount Elbert Twin Lakes, CO	Hydroelectric	200 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
40.6 mi	Pitkin County Solar Aspen, CO	Solar	5 MW	Coolangatta Solar Llc
41.7 mi	Castle Creek Hydroplant Aspen, CO	Hydroelectric	—	City Of Aspen- (Co)
41.9 mi	Granby Hydro Granby, CO	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Northern Water Hydropower Enterprise
47.3 mi	Sunnyside Ranch Community Solar Array Carbondale, CO	Solar	2 MW	Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc
48.4 mi	Shoshone (Co) Glenwood Springs, CO	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
49.6 mi	Boulder City Silver Lake Hydro Boulder, CO	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Boulder City Of

Power generation near this area

There are 18 power plants within 50 miles of Vail, Colorado (ZIP 81657), with a combined 594 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 18 nearby plants. The closest plant is Dillon Hydro Plant at 13.8 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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