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Golden West Power Partners LLC

Wind power plant in Colorado, United States of America. Approximate location 38.935, -104.212.

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Golden West Power Partners LLC is a 250 MW wind power station in Colorado, United States of America. It is operated by Golden West Power Partners LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 759 GWh, it can supply roughly 216,942 homes. It ranks #1080 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2015, it is around 11 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 10.3% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

250MW installed capacity
759GWh reported / yr
216,942homes powered
2015commissioned (~11 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0059974.

Reported generation trend

2015: 184 GWh20152016: 853 GWh20162017: 846 GWh20172018: 869 GWh20182019: 759 GWh2019869 GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Golden West Power Partners LLC.

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 38.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

8.4°Cannual mean temp
3,617heating degree-days (base 18°C)
138cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
1,867 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -3 °CJF: -1 °CFM: 3 °CMA: 7 °CAM: 12 °CMJ: 18 °CJJ: 21 °CJA: 20 °CAS: 15 °CSO: 9 °CON: 2 °CND: -2 °CD21 °C

Heating degree-days here run 47% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 78/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #67 largest wind power plant of 1139 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 1139 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 104,477 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 38.935, -104.212 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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