Busch Ranch Wind Energy
Wind power plant · Huerfano County, Colorado
Nameplate capacity
29 MW
Rank in Colorado
#91
of 326 plants
In service since
2012
October 2012
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLC
- County
- Huerfano County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.13%
- Rank among wind plants in Colorado
- #29 of 33
- EIA plant code
- 57980
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WTG | Onshore Wind Turbine | 29 MW | 29 MW | 2012 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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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 29 MW solar plant and a 29 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