Bighorn Solar 1
Solar power plant · Pueblo County, Colorado
Nameplate capacity
240 MW
Rank in Colorado
#29
of 326 plants
In service since
2021
November 2021
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLC
- County
- Pueblo County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 1.05%
- Rank among solar plants in Colorado
- #4 of 184
- EIA plant code
- 63770
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COBH1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 240 MW | 240 MW | 2021 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Colorado
| Cedar Creek II | Wind | 248 MW |
| South Plant (CO) | Natural gas | 245 MW |
| Fountain Valley Power Facility | Natural gas | 228 MW |
| Niyol Wind, LLC | Wind | 206 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 240 MW solar plant and a 240 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Colorado power plants · What Colorado actually generates