🌬 Wind Power Plants in New Mexico

New Mexico operates 33 wind power plants totaling 4,410 MW of nameplate capacity. Annual generation: 14.9M MWh.

Wind farms harvest kinetic energy from moving air using large rotor blades coupled to generators. Like solar, they produce zero emissions but vary with weather. Onshore wind capacity factors typically run 30–45%; offshore can exceed 50%.

Plants33operating
Capacity4,410 MWnameplate
Generation14.9M MWhannual

All New Mexico wind plants

PlantCityCountyCapacityOperator
Sagamore WindRogersRoosevelt County522 MWSouthwestern Public Service Co
Red Cloud Wind LlcCoronaLincoln County350 MWPattern Operators Lp
Clines Corners Wind Farm LlcEncinoTorrance County325 MWPattern Operators Lp
La Joya NmEncinoTorrance County306 MWAvangrid Power Llc
El Cabo WindEncinoTorrance County298 MWAvangrid Power Llc
Tecolote Wind LlcDuranLincoln County272 MWPattern Operators Lp
Roosevelt CountyPortalesRoosevelt County250 MWBoralex Us Operations Llc
Oso Grande Wind FarmMaljamarLea County250 MWTucson Electric Power Co
Aragonne Wind LlcSanta RosaGuadalupe County235 MWLeeward Asset Management, Llc
Grady Wind Energy Center, LlcClovisCurry County221 MWPattern Operators Lp
New Mexico Wind Energy CenterHouseQuay County204 MWFpl Energy New Mexico Wind Llc
Broadview Energy Jn, LlcTexicoCurry County182 MWPattern Operators Lp
Broadview Energy Kw, LlcTexicoCurry County143 MWPattern Operators Lp
San Juan Mesa Wind Project LlcElidaRoosevelt County120 MWNrg Energy Gas & Wind Holdings Inc
Duran Mesa LlcDuranLincoln County105 MWPattern Operators Lp
Red Mesa Wind LlcSeboyetaSandoval County102 MWRed Mesa Wind Llc
High Lonesome Mesa LlcWillardTorrance County100 MWHigh Lonesome Mesa, Llc
Borderlands Wind, LlcQuemadoCatron County100 MWBorderlands Wind, Llc
Caprock Wind FarmSan JonQuay County80 MWLeeward Asset Management, Llc
Casa Mesa Wind Energy Center HybridHouseQuay County52 MWCasa Mesa Wind, Llc
Macho Springs Power IDemingLuna County50 MWCapital Power Corporation
Milo Wind Project LlcPortalesRoosevelt County50 MWBoralex Us Operations Llc
Sterling I Wind FarmTatumLea County30 MWAem Wind Llc
Wildcat WindLovingtonLea County27 MWWildcat Wind, Llc
Anderson Wind IiHagermanChaves County10 MWChopin Wind, Llc
Broadview Energy Prime LlcGradyCurry County10 MWChopin Wind, Llc
Broadview Energy Prime 2 LlcGradyCurry County10 MWChopin Wind, Llc
Anderson Wind IHagermanChaves County5 MWChopin Wind, Llc
Mesalands Comm College Wind TurbineTucumcariQuay County2 MWMesalands Community College
Aragonne Mesa Phase IiSanta RosaGuadalupe County—Pattern Operators Lp
Gallegos Wind Farm, Phase 1GrenvilleUnion County—Gallegos Wind Farm Llc
Sunzia Wind SouthCoronaLincoln County—Pattern Operators Lp
Sunzia Wind NorthClines CornerTorrance County—Pattern Operators Lp

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