Power Plants in Colorado

343 plants · 28.3 GW total capacity

Colorado has 343 power plants with 28.3 GW total capacity. The generation mix includes 192 solar, 49 hydro, 35 wind plants.

Largest is Sun Bear (1512 MW BESS); oldest active is Tacoma (1905); newest is USS Raptor Solar LLC (2026); top owner is Berkshire Hathaway (28 plants).

134 interconnection queue projects in Colorado totaling 23.6 GW of proposed capacity.

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By Fuel Type

Oil

8 plants · 173 MW

other

5 plants · 40 MW

Coal

4 plants · 3.4 GW

All Plants (sorted by capacity)

Sun Bear — 1512 MW BESS
Craig (CO) — 1428 MW Sub. Coal
Comanche (CO) — 1253 MW Sub. Coal
Fort St Vrain — 1149 MW Natural Gas
Rawhide — 1023 MW Natural Gas
Cherokee — 1006 MW Natural Gas
Rocky Mountain Energy Center — 685 MW Natural Gas
Singing Grass Wind — 603 MW Wind
Rush Creek Wind — 600 MW Wind
Front Range Power Plant — 554 MW Natural Gas
Pawnee — 552 MW Natural Gas
Rocky Mountain Solar — 525 MW Solar
Cheyenne Ridge Wind Farm — 498 MW Wind
Horizon — 480 MW Natural Gas
Hayden — 465 MW Bit. Coal
Neptune Energy Center Hybrid — 450 MW Solar
Pueblo Airport Generating Station — 440 MW Natural Gas
Spindle Hill Energy Center — 420 MW Natural Gas
Fortress 1 — 399 MW BESS
Blue Spruce Energy Center — 398 MW Natural Gas
JM Shafer Generating Station — 397 MW Natural Gas
Thunder Wolf Energy Center Hybrid — 348 MW Solar
Arroyo Solar — 335 MW Solar
Cedar Creek Wind — 301 MW Wind
Manchief Electric Generating Station — 300 MW Natural Gas
Cabin Creek — 300 MW Hydro
Bronco Plains Wind, LLC — 300 MW Wind
Deep Space Solar — 300 MW Solar
Stagecoach LRE — 300 MW Solar
Ray D Nixon — 283 MW Sub. Coal
Brush Generation Facility — 273 MW Natural Gas
Black Hollow Sun — 257 MW Solar
Cedar Point Wind — 252 MW Wind
Golden West Power Partners LLC — 250 MW Wind
Cedar Creek II — 248 MW Wind
South Plant (CO) — 245 MW Natural Gas
Bighorn Solar 1 — 240 MW Solar
Fountain Valley Power Facility — 228 MW Natural Gas
Niyol Wind, LLC — 206 MW Wind
Logan Wind Energy — 201 MW Wind
Limon III Wind LLC — 201 MW Wind
Mount Elbert — 200 MW Hydro
Limon Wind II — 200 MW Wind
Limon Wind I — 200 MW Wind
Grand Valley Solar Generation and BESS — 200 MW BESS
Turkey Creek Solar Project — 200 MW Solar
Bronco Plains Wind II, LLC — 200 MW Wind
Elk Run — 200 MW Solar
Sun Mountain Solar 1 — 200 MW Solar
Peetz Table Wind Energy — 200 MW Wind
Arapahoe Combustion Turbine Project — 194 MW Natural Gas
Pike Solar Hybrid — 175 MW Solar
Northern Colorado Wind LLC — 174 MW Wind
Morrow Point — 173 MW Hydro
Mountain Breeze Wind, LLC — 172 MW Wind
Mountain Peak Power Station — 163 MW Natural Gas
Colorado Green Holdings LLC — 162 MW Wind
Canyon Peak Power Station — 157 MW Natural Gas
Limon Generating Station — 154 MW Natural Gas
Frank Knutson — 154 MW Natural Gas
Carousel Wind Farm LLC — 150 MW Wind
Axial Basin Solar — 145 MW Solar
Panorama Wind, LLC — 145 MW Wind
Valmont Combustion Turbine Project — 142 MW Natural Gas
Canyonland Solar — 140 MW Solar
Spanish Peaks Solar — 140 MW Solar
Burlington (CO) — 129 MW Distillate Oil
Sundance (CO) — 125 MW Solar
Comanche Solar — 120 MW Solar
Plains End II LLC — 118 MW Natural Gas
Plains End — 114 MW Natural Gas
Dolores Canyon Solar — 110 MW Solar
Crossing Trails Wind Power Project LLC. — 104 MW Wind
Fort Lupton — 101 MW Natural Gas
Jackson Fuller Energy Storage — 100 MW BESS
Colorado Highlands Wind — 96 MW Wind
Flatiron — 95 MW Hydro
Blue Mesa — 86 MW Hydro
Pioneer Solar (CO), LLC — 80 MW Solar
Garnet Mesa Solar — 80 MW Solar
Hunter Solar, LLC (CO) — 75 MW Solar
Twin Buttes Wind Project — 75 MW Wind
Twin Buttes II Wind — 75 MW Wind
Spring Canyon Expansion Wind Energy Ctr — 63 MW Wind
Peak View Wind Farm — 61 MW Wind
Spring Canyon — 60 MW Wind
Palmer Solar — 60 MW Solar
Busch Ranch II Wind Farm — 59 MW Wind
Valmont — 59 MW Natural Gas
Alamosa — 53 MW Natural Gas
Hooper Solar — 52 MW Solar
Kit Carson Windpower — 51 MW Wind
Titan Solar — 50 MW Solar
Estes — 45 MW Hydro
Pole Hill — 38 MW Hydro
Prairie Center Energy LLC — 35 MW BESS
Colorado Energy Nations Company — 35 MW Natural Gas
San Luis Valley Solar Ranch — 35 MW Solar
Grazing Yak Solar — 35 MW Solar
University of Colorado — 33 MW Natural Gas
Bison Solar LLC — 30 MW Solar
San Isabel Solar, LLC — 30 MW Solar
Alamosa Solar — 30 MW Solar
Ridge Crest Wind Partners — 30 MW Wind
Busch Ranch Wind Energy — 29 MW Wind
Crystal — 28 MW Hydro
Tesla — 27 MW Hydro
Fruita — 27 MW Natural Gas
Green Mountain — 26 MW Hydro
George Birdsall — 25 MW Natural Gas
Rawhide Prairie Solar Hybrid — 23 MW Solar
High Mesa CO — 22 MW BESS
Mamm Creek — 22 MW BESS
Greater Sandhill I — 19 MW Solar
SR Platte Solar Farm — 16 MW Solar
Metro Wastewater Reclamation District — 15 MW Bio. Gas
Shoshone (CO) — 14 MW Hydro
SR Jenkins Ft Lupton — 13 MW Solar
Victory Solar LLC — 13 MW Solar
Eagle Valley Clean Energy LLC Biomass — 13 MW Wood Waste
CSWIND America Inc. — 12 MW Solar
Keenesburg Battery Storage — 12 MW BESS
Davis Battery Storage — 12 MW BESS
Bromley Battery Storage — 12 MW BESS
Rattlesnake Ridge Battery Storage — 12 MW BESS
Towaoc — 11 MW Hydro
Overland — 11 MW Solar
Airport Industrial — 10 MW Distillate Oil
Clear Spring Ranch PV Project — 10 MW Solar
Rocky Ford — 10 MW Distillate Oil
Upper Molina — 10 MW Hydro
Wheeler Gulch Solar, LLC — 10 MW Solar
DIA 9 — 10 MW Solar
American Gypsum Cogeneration — 10 MW Natural Gas
Trinidad (CO) — 9 MW Distillate Oil
Oak Leaf Solar XVIII LLC — 9 MW Solar
SunE Alamosa — 8 MW Solar
IBM Solar — 8 MW Solar
Marys Lake — 8 MW Hydro
Lamar Plant — 8 MW Wind
Huerfano River Wind — 8 MW Wind
Gross Hydro Plant — 8 MW Hydro
Tri-County Water Hydropower Project — 8 MW Hydro
SR Mavericks — 8 MW Solar
Ash Mesa Solar, LLC — 8 MW Solar
Frederick Battery Storage — 8 MW BESS
Parkway Battery Storage — 8 MW BESS
Platte Valley Battery Storage — 8 MW BESS
Mead Battery Storage — 8 MW BESS
James W. Broderick Hydropower Plant — 8 MW Hydro
Williams Ignacio Natural Gas Plant — 6 MW Waste Heat
SR Rattlesnake — 6 MW Solar
Vallecito Hydroelectric — 6 MW Hydro
Las Animas — 6 MW Distillate Oil
Lower Molina — 6 MW Hydro
Manitou Springs — 6 MW Hydro
AFA Solar Farm — 6 MW Solar
North Fork Hydro Plant — 6 MW Hydro
Boulder Canyon Hydro — 5 MW Hydro
Basalt — 5 MW Hydro
Pivot Solar 32 — 5 MW Solar
Pivot Solar 30 — 5 MW Solar
Pivot Solar 21 — 5 MW Solar
Pivot Solar 20 — 5 MW Solar
USS Hampden Solar LLC — 5 MW Solar
USS Raptor Solar LLC — 5 MW Solar
Pitkin County Solar — 5 MW Solar
Cortez Solar 2, LLC — 5 MW Solar
CBEP Solar 7 — 5 MW Solar
USS Tall Grass Solar LLC — 5 MW Solar
USS Calico Solar LLC — 5 MW Solar
USS Great Plains Solar LLC — 5 MW Solar
USS High Plains Solar LLC — 5 MW Solar
Pivot Solar 36 — 5 MW Solar
Dove Solar CSG — 5 MW Solar
Lark Bunting Solar CSG — 5 MW Solar
BecLee Solar CSG — 5 MW Solar
CBEP Solar 5, LLC — 5 MW Solar
CBEP Solar 1, LLC — 5 MW Solar
Shavano Falls Hydro Drop 4 — 5 MW Hydro
Gilcrest V CSG — 5 MW Solar
Tacoma — 5 MW Hydro
Amazon Denver DEN3 — 5 MW Solar
Pivot Solar 34 — 5 MW Solar
DIA 8 — 5 MW Solar
Vinelands Power Plant — 5 MW Hydro
Ameresco HCE Solar LLC — 5 MW Solar
Big Thompson — 5 MW Hydro
Fort Carson Battery Energy Storage Syste — 4 MW BESS
South Canal Hydro-1 — 4 MW Hydro
Valley View Solar — 4 MW Solar
Skylark — 4 MW Solar
Bar D — 4 MW Solar
Vilas Solar Array — 4 MW Solar
I25 Battery Storage — 4 MW BESS
Vasquez V CSG — 4 MW Solar
Gaylord Rockies CHP — 4 MW Natural Gas
East Victory Way Solar — 4 MW Solar
CBEP Solar 4, LLC — 4 MW Solar
Waterton Solar I — 4 MW Solar
Waterton Solar II — 4 MW Solar
Pivot Solar 35 — 4 MW Solar
Pivot Solar 52 — 4 MW Solar
Ames Hydro — 4 MW Hydro
Williams Fork Hydro Plant — 4 MW Hydro
SR Kersey — 4 MW Solar
South Canal Hydro-3 — 4 MW Hydro
Boulder City Lakewood Hydro — 4 MW Hydro
City & County of Denver at Denver Int'l — 3 MW Solar
ECA CO Greeley — 3 MW Solar
Boulder City Silver Lake Hydro — 3 MW Hydro
DADS Gas Recovery — 3 MW Landfill Gas
Front Range Project — 3 MW Landfill Gas
Foothills Hydro Plant — 3 MW Hydro
Boulder City Betasso Hydro Plant — 3 MW Hydro
Western Sugar Coop- Ft Morgan — 3 MW Natural Gas
RV CSU Power II LLC — 3 MW Solar
Imboden Solar Garden — 3 MW Solar
Oak Leaf Solar XXXIII LLC (Lantz) — 3 MW Solar
Waxwing Solar CSG — 3 MW Solar
Holly — 3 MW Distillate Oil
Shavano Falls Hydro — 3 MW Hydro
Julesburg — 3 MW Distillate Oil
Pivot Solar 40 — 3 MW Solar
Springfield (CO) — 3 MW Distillate Oil
San Luis Valley Solar Array — 3 MW Solar
Carter Hydro — 3 MW Hydro
Pivot Solar 37 — 3 MW Solar
Sugarloaf Hydro Plant — 3 MW Hydro
Drop 5 (CO) — 2 MW Hydro
USS Cogburn Solar LLC (CSG) — 2 MW Solar
Taylor Draw Hydroelectric Facility — 2 MW Hydro
Cortez Solar 1, LLC — 2 MW Solar
SR Skylark B — 2 MW Solar
Hillcrest Pump Station — 2 MW Hydro
Pikes Peak Solar Garden 1 LLC CSG — 2 MW Solar
Trout Creek Solar — 2 MW Solar
Carson Solar I — 2 MW Solar
USS Fruita Solar LLC CSG — 2 MW Solar
Cortez Solar 3, LLC — 2 MW Solar
USS Giveback Solar LLC (CSG) — 2 MW Solar
Pivot Solar 8 LLC (CSG) — 2 MW Solar
Pivot Solar 3 LLC (CSG) — 2 MW Solar
Pivot Solar 7 LLC (CSG) — 2 MW Solar
Pivot Solar 2 LLC (CSG) — 2 MW Solar
Pivot Solar 14 LLC (CSG) — 2 MW Solar
Pivot Solar 4 LLC (CSG) — 2 MW Solar
NSE Camber Solar PS5 LLC (CSG) — 2 MW Solar
NSE Camber Solar PS6 LLC CSG — 2 MW Solar
NSE Camber Solar PS13 LLC (CSG) — 2 MW Solar
NSE Camber BH CSG 2, LLC — 2 MW Solar
NSE Camber Solar PS11 LLC (CSG) — 2 MW Solar
Mtn Solar 6 LLC (CSG) — 2 MW Solar
Denver Int Airport — 2 MW Solar
RV CSU Power LLC — 2 MW Solar
Xcel Adams 1 Community Solar Array — 2 MW Solar
Arapahoe 3 Community Solar Array — 2 MW Solar
Dillon Hydro Plant — 2 MW Hydro
Vestas Towers America, Inc. — 2 MW Wind
Brighton PV Solar Plant — 2 MW Solar
Fremont CO 1, LLC — 2 MW Solar
Gilcrest Sun CSG — 2 MW Solar
Pivot Solar 9 — 2 MW Solar
Pivot Solar 10 — 2 MW Solar
LPEA Sunnyside Solar 1 Facility — 2 MW Solar
Lafayette Horizon Solar CSG LLC — 2 MW Solar
Mesa PV1 — 2 MW Solar
Sterling PV 3 — 2 MW Solar
Denver Metro Solar — 2 MW Solar
Alamosa Solar South CSG — 2 MW Solar
Rock Creek 2 CSG — 2 MW Solar
Monte Vista Solar 2 CSG, LLC — 2 MW Solar
Alden Solar CSG LLC — 2 MW Solar
Mtn. Solar 3 CSG — 2 MW Solar
Riverview Solar — 2 MW Solar
Venture 2 - 1B — 2 MW Solar
Venture 3 - 1C — 2 MW Solar
Venture 4 - 1D — 2 MW Solar
Venture 1 - 1A CSG — 2 MW Solar
BH CSG 3 — 2 MW Solar
Mtn. Solar 4 (CSG) — 2 MW Solar
CO LI CSG 1 - Kamerra — 2 MW Solar
Mtn. Solar 2 — 2 MW Solar
Mtn. Solar 1 — 2 MW Solar
Springfield Wind — 2 MW Wind
Oak Leaf - CSG Portfolio (OL 44) — 2 MW Solar
Oak Leaf - CSG Portfolio (OL 39) — 2 MW Solar
Oak Leaf - CSG Portfolio (OL 38) — 2 MW Solar
Oak Leaf - CSG Portfolio (OL 37) — 2 MW Solar
Oak Leaf - CSG Portfolio (OL 36) — 2 MW Solar
Coyote Ridge Community Solar — 2 MW Solar
Oak Leaf Solar XXX LLC (CSG) — 2 MW Solar
Oak Leaf Solar XXI (CSG) — 2 MW Solar
Oak Leaf Solar XXVII LLC — 2 MW Solar
WWRF Solar Plant — 2 MW Solar
Quincy II Solar Garden — 2 MW Solar
Oak Leaf Solar XXXI LLC (CSG) — 2 MW Solar
Oak Leaf Solar XXV LLC (CSG) — 2 MW Solar
Gilcrest Solar — 2 MW Solar
Quincy Solar (CO) — 2 MW Solar
Mesa CSG 1 Murdock — 2 MW Solar
CEC Solar #1117, LLC — 2 MW Solar
Oak Leaf Solar XXXII (CSG) — 2 MW Solar
Oak Leaf Solar XXII LLC (CSG) — 2 MW Solar
Denver Intl Airport IV Solar — 2 MW Solar
Xcel Adams 2 Community Solar Array — 2 MW Solar
Conejos 1 Community Solar Array — 2 MW Solar
Logan 1 Community Solar Array — 2 MW Solar
Weld 1 Community Solar Array — 2 MW Solar
Mesa CSG 2 Massicotte — 2 MW Solar
Sunnyside Ranch Community Solar Array — 2 MW Solar
Airport 1 Solar (DIA) — 2 MW Solar
Oak Leaf Solar XXIV LLC (CSG) — 2 MW Solar
Oak Leaf Solar XXVI LLC — 2 MW Solar
Oak Leaf Solar XXVIII LLC (CSG) — 2 MW Solar
Oak Leaf Solar XXIII LLC (CSG) — 2 MW Solar
Redlands Water & Power — 1 MW Hydro
Platteville Solar CSG, LLC — 1 MW Solar
Panasonic Carport Solar Hybrid — 1 MW Solar
Granby Hydro — 1 MW Hydro
Adams Community Solar Garden III LLC — 1 MW Solar
Georgetown Hydro — 1 MW Hydro
San Luis Solar Garden — 1 MW Solar
Jeffco Community Solar Gardens LLC — 1 MW Solar
McPhee — 1 MW Hydro
Adams Community Solar Garden LLC — 1 MW Solar
TruStile Doors - Denver — 1 MW Solar
Amazon DEN2 Solar Project — 1 MW Solar
SR Skylark C — 1 MW Solar
Ruxton Park — 1 MW Hydro
City of Boulder WWTP — 1 MW Solar
CSU Pueblo — 1 MW Solar
SMPA Solar 1 Community Solar — 1 MW Solar
Strontia Springs Hydro Plant — 1 MW Hydro
Eagle Springs Solar LLC — 1 MW Solar
Pivot Solar 12 LLC(CSG) — 1 MW Solar
SR Kersey II — 1 MW Solar
Pivot Solar 1 LLC (CSG) — 1 MW Solar
Pivot Solar 15 LLC (CSG) — 1 MW Solar
Tom Sifers Solar — 1 MW Solar
Whiskey Hill Solar — 1 MW Solar
Jack's Solar Garden — 1 MW Solar
Salida — 1 MW Hydro

Queue Projects in Colorado (134 projects)

PSCo-GI-2016-3 — 600 MW Wind
PSCo-GI-2024-06 — 500 MW Solar+Battery
CSU-CSU-2021-2 — 500 MW Wind
PSCo-GI-2024-12 — 423 MW Wind
PSCo-GI-2024-13 — 423 MW Wind
PSCo-GI-2024-05 — 400 MW Solar+Battery
PSCo-GI-2023-14 — 400 MW Wind
TSGT-GI-DISIS-2022-13 — 398 MW Solar+Battery
TSGT-GI-TC-2024-31 — 398 MW Solar+Battery
PSCo-GI-2020-13 — 374 MW Solar+Battery
TSGT-GI-TC-2024-25 — 350 MW Wind
TSGT-TI-19-0227 — 310 MW Solar+Battery
PSCo-GI-2016-4 — 300 MW Wind
TSGT-GI-DISIS-2021-11 — 300 MW Solar+Battery
CSU-CSU-2023-3 — 300 MW Solar
TSGT-GI-DISIS-2022-28 — 299 MW Solar+Battery
TSGT-GI-DISIS-2022-44 — 299 MW Solar+Battery
TSGT-GI-DISIS-2022-07 — 299 MW Solar+Battery
WAPA-RM-2019-G2 — 252 MW Wind
WAPA-RM-2019-G1 — 252 MW Wind
PSCo-2RSC-2020-05 — 250 MW Solar+Battery
TSGT-GI-TC-2024-13 — 250 MW Solar+Battery
TSGT-GI-TC-2024-20 — 250 MW Solar
PRPA-22-07251 — 250 MW Gas
PSCo-GI-2024-16 — 250 MW Solar+Battery
PSCo-GI-2004-2 — 238 MW Wind
TSGT-GI-DISIS-2022-04 — 237 MW Solar+Battery
PSCo-GI-2020-10 — 230 MW Solar+Battery
TSGT-GI-TC-2024-17 — 225 MW Solar
TSGT-GI-DISIS-2022-49 — 225 MW Solar+Battery
TSGT-GI-TC-2024-28 — 222 MW Solar
TSGT-GI-TC-2024-14 — 206 MW Solar
BHCT-BHCT G49 — 200 MW Solar
WAPA-RM-2023-G7 — 200 MW Solar
PSCo-3RSC-2023-03 — 200 MW Wind
PSCo-3RSC-2023-01 — 200 MW Solar
CSU-CSU-2022-3 — 200 MW Solar+Battery
PSCo-GI-2011-2 & 7 — 200 MW Battery
PRPA-22-07252 — 200 MW Wind+Battery
BHCT-BHCT G32 — 200 MW Solar+Battery
CSU-CSU-2020-3 — 200 MW Solar+Battery
PSCo-GI-2016-15 — 200 MW Wind
TSGT-GI-TC-2024-30 — 200 MW Solar+Battery
TSGT-GI-DISIS-2022-29 — 200 MW Wind
BHCT-BHCT G33 — 199 MW Solar
TSGT-GI-TC-2024-10 — 199 MW Solar
TSGT-GI-DISIS-2022-45 — 199 MW Solar+Battery
PSCo-GI-2024-09 — 199 MW Battery
PSCo-GI-2024-01 — 199 MW Solar+Battery
TSGT-GI-DISIS-2021-07 — 199 MW Wind

Showing top 50 of 134 projects by capacity.