SunE Alamosa
Solar power plant · Alamosa County, Colorado
Nameplate capacity
8.2 MW
Rank in Colorado
#121
of 326 plants
In service since
2007
December 2007
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- SunE Alamosa1 LLC
- County
- Alamosa County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among solar plants in Colorado
- #34 of 184
- EIA plant code
- 56481
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Solar Photovoltaic | 7.2 MW | 5.8 MW | 2007 | Operating |
| 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 1.0 MW | 0.5 MW | 2007 | 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
| Trinidad (CO) | Natural gas | 9.2 MW |
| Oak Leaf Solar XVIII LLC | Solar | 9.0 MW |
| IBM Solar | Solar | 8.1 MW |
| Marys Lake | Hydro | 8.1 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 8.2 MW solar plant and a 8.2 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