VALMONT COMBUSTION TURBINE PROJECT

How VALMONT COMBUSTION TURBINE PROJECT compares

With 142 MW of capacity, VALMONT COMBUSTION TURBINE PROJECT ranks 34th among the 114 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Colorado and 13th of the 21 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 2.6% of Colorado's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.9% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 614th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2000, it is newer than 55% of the 111 operating Colorado plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, SWG COLORADO LLC, runs 2 operating plants in Colorado totaling 336 MW. It shares Boulder County with 6 other operating plants, including UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO and BOULDER CITY LAKEWOOD HYDRO.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 142 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 46 GWh in 2024 (a 3.7% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 2000 and 2001.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is VALMONT (230 kV), about 0.2 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF COLORADO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 20 operating power plants totaling 3,041 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is FORT ST VRAIN (1,149 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 6 mapped data centers; the nearest is Zayo Networks in Louisville, about 4.3 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology