Power Plants Near 81658 — Vail, CO

18 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81658 (Vail, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.6242, -106.4973 · County: Eagle

Hydroelectric 93%Solar 3%Biomass 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
19.6 mi	Green Mountain Kremmling, CO	Hydroelectric	26 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
22.9 mi	Dillon Hydro Plant Summit, CO	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Denver City & County Of
23.8 mi	Eagle Valley Clean Energy Llc Biomass Gypsum, CO	Biomass	13 MW	Eagle Valley Clean Energy Llc
24.1 mi	American Gypsum Cogeneration Gypsum, CO	Natural Gas	10 MW	Eagle Materials Co Llc
25.0 mi	Basalt Aspen, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	City Of Aspen- (Co)
26.5 mi	Sugarloaf Hydro Plant Leadville, CO	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
32.3 mi	Williams Fork Hydro Plant Parshall, CO	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Denver City & County Of
33.0 mi	Pitkin County Solar Aspen, CO	Solar	5 MW	Coolangatta Solar Llc
34.7 mi	Castle Creek Hydroplant Aspen, CO	Hydroelectric	—	City Of Aspen- (Co)
37.4 mi	Mount Elbert Twin Lakes, CO	Hydroelectric	200 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
38.0 mi	Sunnyside Ranch Community Solar Array Carbondale, CO	Solar	2 MW	Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc
39.0 mi	Shoshone (Co) Glenwood Springs, CO	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
40.8 mi	Ameresco Hce Solar Llc Glenwood Springs, CO	Solar	10 MW	Ameresco Hce Solar Llc
41.6 mi	Tom Sifers Solar Fraser, CO	Solar	1 MW	Mountain Parks Services, Inc.
42.0 mi	Cabin Creek Georgetown, CO	Hydroelectric	300 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
42.8 mi	Georgetown Hydro Georgetown, CO	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
45.1 mi	North Fork Hydro Plant Grant, CO	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Denver City & County Of
49.1 mi	Granby Hydro Granby, CO	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Northern Water Hydropower Enterprise

Power generation near this area

There are 18 power plants within 50 miles of Vail, Colorado (ZIP 81658), with a combined 601 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 18 nearby plants. The closest plant is Green Mountain at 19.6 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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