Kit Carson Windpower
Wind power plant · Kit Carson County, Colorado
Nameplate capacity
51 MW
Rank in Colorado
#79
of 326 plants
In service since
2010
November 2010
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Duke Energy Renewables Services
- County
- Kit Carson County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.22%
- Rank among wind plants in Colorado
- #28 of 33
- EIA plant code
- 57244
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KCW | Onshore Wind Turbine | 51 MW | 51 MW | 2010 | 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
| Alamosa | Natural gas | 53 MW |
| Hooper Solar | Solar | 52 MW |
| Titan Solar | Solar | 50 MW |
| Estes | Hydro | 45 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 51 MW solar plant and a 51 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