Colorado Highlands Wind
Wind power plant · Logan County, Colorado
Nameplate capacity
96 MW
Rank in Colorado
#63
of 326 plants
In service since
2012
December 2012
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Colorado Highlands Wind LLC
- County
- Logan County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.42%
- Rank among wind plants in Colorado
- #21 of 33
- EIA plant code
- 57174
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHW1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 71 MW | 71 MW | 2012 | Operating |
| CHW2 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 25 MW | 25 MW | 2013 | 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
| Fort Lupton | Natural gas | 101 MW |
| Jackson Fuller Energy Storage | Battery storage | 100 MW |
| Flatiron | Hydro | 95 MW |
| Blue Mesa | Hydro | 86 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 96 MW solar plant and a 96 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