Power plant · Colorado, United States
Spindle BESS
Spindle BESS is a power plant under construction in Colorado, United States, with 199 MW of capacity, owned by Spindle Battery LLC.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Colorado | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2026 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Spindle Battery LLC | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Spindle Battery LLC | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 199 MW | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Batteries | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 40.0924, -104.9012 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
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Spindle BESS is the 17th-largest of 24 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Colorado and the 512th-largest of 835 in the United States by capacity; its 199 MW is <0.1% of the 282,375 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United States. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | 17th of 24 | 6,307 MW | 3.2% |
| United States | 512th of 835 | 282,375 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 886th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 59 water rights, 9 data centers and 2 mines (1 operating), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evans No 2 Ditch water right 0200817 21698.00000 | Water right | — | — | 8.3 km |
| Union Res water right 0503905 19271.00000 | Water right | — | — | 15 km |
| JPMorgan Chase | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Barr Lake water right 0203837 13108.00000 | Water right | — | — | 20 km |
| Google - Thornton | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| DataBank - DEN4 | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
| Keenesburg #2 | Mine | — | Operating | 35 km |
| Gladstone Toll Mill | Mine | — | Closed | 39 km |
Owner, operator and place
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- Rawhide800 MW
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- Front Range Power Plant554 MW
Data on this page
- Colorado DWR REST API. Colorado DWR REST API, CDSS Terms of Use.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.