Power Plants Near 79853 — Tornillo, TX

19 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 79853 (Tornillo, Texas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 31.4407, -106.0765 · County: El Paso

Natural Gas 91%Solar 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.5 mi	Felina Fabens, TX	Solar	—	El Paso Electric Co
13.6 mi	Chihuahuan Desert Solar San Elizario, TX	Solar	—	El Paso Electric Co
19.7 mi	Hueco Mountain Wind Ranch Horizon City, TX	Wind	—	El Paso Electric Co
27.1 mi	Montana Solar Facility El Paso, TX	Solar	3 MW	El Paso Electric Co
27.6 mi	Montana Power Station El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	527 MW	El Paso Electric Co
28.0 mi	Copper El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	87 MW	El Paso Electric Co
29.0 mi	Phelps Dodge Refining El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	20 MW	Phelps Dodge Refining Corp
29.7 mi	Tjx 2021 Dg El Paso Dc El Paso, TX	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
32.1 mi	Fort Bliss (Dea Epic) El Paso, TX	Solar	2 MW	Ameresco Federal Solutions
33.8 mi	Tenet Hospital El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	4 MW	Tenet Hospital Ltd
37.4 mi	Rio Grande Sunland Park, NM	Natural Gas	398 MW	El Paso Electric Co
39.7 mi	Nodal Power Sunland Park, NM	Biomass	3 MW	Energyneering Solutions, Inc
41.3 mi	Milagro Solar I Santa Teresa, NM	Solar	—	Milagro Solar I, Llc
42.5 mi	Newman Solar El Paso, TX	Solar	11 MW	Newman Solar Llc
42.7 mi	Roadrunner Solar Santa Teresa, NM	Solar	20 MW	Nrg Solar Roadrunner
42.9 mi	Newman El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	1,110 MW	El Paso Electric Co
43.9 mi	Sune Epe1 Llc Chaparral, NM	Solar	10 MW	Sune Epe1 Llc
44.5 mi	Santa Teresa Solar Santa Teresa, NM	Battery Storage	—	Santa Teresa Solar
45.0 mi	Buena Vista Energy Center Chaparral, NM	Solar	170 MW	Buena Vista Energy Center, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 19 power plants within 50 miles of Tornillo, Texas (ZIP 79853), with a combined 2,366 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 19 nearby plants. The closest plant is Felina at 7.5 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Texas, visit the Texas state page.

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