Power Plants Near 83124 — Opal, WY

12 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 83124 (Opal, Wyoming). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.7795, -110.2760 · County: Lincoln

Coal 57%Wind 21%Solar 11%Natural Gas 11%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.8 mi	Shute Creek Facility Kemmerer, WY	Natural Gas	144 MW	Exxon Mobil Production Co
15.5 mi	Kemmerer Unit 1 Kemmerer, WY	Nuclear	—	Us Sfr Owner Llc
16.7 mi	Naughton Kemmerer, WY	Coal	707 MW	Pacificorp
20.3 mi	Fontenelle Le Barge, WY	Hydroelectric	10 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
26.3 mi	Genesis Alkali Green River, WY	Coal	41 MW	Genesis Alkali, Llc
29.8 mi	General Chemical Green River, WY	Coal	30 MW	Tata Chemicals Partners
32.3 mi	Sweetwater Solar Green River, WY	Solar	92 MW	Onward Energy
35.6 mi	Mountain Wind Power Llc Fort Bridger, WY	Wind	61 MW	Mountain Wind Power Llc
36.9 mi	Transalta Wyoming Wind Evanston, WY	Wind	144 MW	Transalta Wyoming Wind Llc
38.2 mi	Mountain Wind Power Ii Llc Fort Bridger, WY	Wind	80 MW	Mountain Wind Power Ii Llc
39.4 mi	Uinta Wind Evanston, WY	Wind	—	Invenergy Services Llc
40.4 mi	Sage Solar I-Iii Randolph, UT	Solar	58 MW	Ci Iii Vk I Te Partnership Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 12 power plants within 50 miles of Opal, Wyoming (ZIP 83124), with a combined 1,367 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 12 nearby plants. The closest plant is Shute Creek Facility at 11.8 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 Wyoming, visit the Wyoming state page.

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