Busch Ranch II Wind Farm
Wind power plant · Huerfano County, Colorado
Nameplate capacity
59 MW
Rank in Colorado
#75
of 326 plants
In service since
2019
November 2019
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Black Hills Electric Generation LLC
- County
- Huerfano County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.26%
- Rank among wind plants in Colorado
- #27 of 33
- EIA plant code
- 62445
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WT | Onshore Wind Turbine | 59 MW | 59 MW | 2019 | 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
| Palmer Solar | Solar | 60 MW |
| Spring Canyon | Wind | 60 MW |
| Valmont | Natural gas | 59 MW |
| Alamosa | Natural gas | 53 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 59 MW solar plant and a 59 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