Garnet Mesa Solar
Solar power plant · Delta County, Colorado
Nameplate capacity
80 MW
Rank in Colorado
#66
of 326 plants
In service since
2025
August 2025
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Garnet Mesa Solar LLC
- County
- Delta County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.35%
- Rank among solar plants in Colorado
- #12 of 184
- EIA plant code
- 68488
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GMS | Solar Photovoltaic | 80 MW | 80 MW | 2025 | 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
| Flatiron | Hydro | 95 MW |
| Blue Mesa | Hydro | 86 MW |
| Pioneer Solar (CO), LLC | Solar | 80 MW |
| Hunter Solar, LLC (CO) | Solar | 75 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 80 MW solar plant and a 80 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