Power Plants Near 82052 — Buford, WY

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 82052 (Buford, Wyoming). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.1219, -105.3047 · County: Albany

Coal 49%Wind 28%Solar 13%Natural Gas 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.4 mi	Roundhouse Wind Energy Project Cheyenne, WY	Wind	226 MW	Roundhouse Renewable Energy, Llc
10.9 mi	Rail Tie Wind Tie Siding, WY	Wind	—	Repsol Renewables Na
14.6 mi	Silver Sage Windpower Cheyenne, WY	Wind	42 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
16.0 mi	Happy Jack Windpower Project Cheyenne, WY	Wind	29 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
16.7 mi	Corriedale Wind Energy Cheyenne, WY	Wind	53 MW	Black Hills Service Company Llc
16.8 mi	Roundhouse Renewable Energy Ii Granite, WY	Wind	106 MW	Roundhouse Renewable Energy Ii, Llc
23.3 mi	Rawhide Wellington, CO	Coal	800 MW	Platte River Power Authority
23.5 mi	Bison Solar Llc Wellington, CO	Solar	30 MW	Bison Solar Llc
23.7 mi	Rawhide Prairie Solar Hybrid Wellington, CO	Solar	23 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
27.0 mi	Ponnequin Salida, CO	Wind	—	Public Service Co Of Colorado
28.3 mi	South Cheyenne Solar South Greeley, WY	Solar	150 MW	Southern Power Co
30.4 mi	Cheyenne Prairie Generating Station Cheyenne, WY	Natural Gas	140 MW	Black Hills Service Company Llc
37.5 mi	Rv Csu Power Ii Llc Fort Collins, CO	Solar	3 MW	Rv Csu Power Ii Llc
37.6 mi	Rv Csu Power Llc Fort Collins, CO	Solar	2 MW	Rv Csu Power Llc
42.3 mi	Black Hollow Sun Auit, CO	Solar	—	Contour Global
43.1 mi	Sr Skylark B Severance, CO	Solar	2 MW	Sr Skylark B, Llc
43.3 mi	Skylark Severance, CO	Solar	4 MW	Sr Clinch, Llc
43.4 mi	Sr Skylark C Windsor, CO	Solar	1 MW	Sr Skylark C, Llc
43.8 mi	Coyote Ridge Community Solar Fort Collins, CO	Solar	2 MW	Poudre Valley Rea, Inc
48.5 mi	Cowboy Solar I Cheyenne, WY	Battery Storage	—	Cowboy Solar I
48.6 mi	Big Thompson Loveland, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Buford, Wyoming (ZIP 82052), with a combined 1,617 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Roundhouse Wind Energy Project at 10.4 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 Wyoming, visit the Wyoming state page.

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