Power Plants Near 85346 — Quartzsite, AZ

36 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 85346 (Quartzsite, Arizona). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 33.7292, -114.1925 · County: La Paz

Solar 74%Natural Gas 14%Other Fossil 8%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.7 mi	La Paz Solar Tower Parker, AZ	Solar	—	Enviromission, Inc
23.6 mi	Venable Solar 1 Blythe, CA	Solar	2 MW	Venable Solar, Llc
23.6 mi	Venable Solar 2 Blythe, CA	Solar	2 MW	Venable Solar, Llc
26.8 mi	Palo Verde College Blythe, CA	Solar	1 MW	Scale Sustainable I, Llc
27.4 mi	Atlas Greenfield, AZ	Battery Storage	—	174 Power Global Corp.
28.7 mi	Blythe Mesa Solar Ii Blythe, CA	Solar	336 MW	Blythe Mesa Solar Ii, Llc
29.3 mi	Vidal Energy Center Vidal, CA	Battery Storage	—	Cdh Vidal Llc
29.5 mi	Blythe Energy Inc Blythe, CA	Natural Gas	591 MW	Altagas Blythe Operations Inc
30.0 mi	Solar Blythe 2 Blythe, CA	Solar	20 MW	Nrg Solar Blythe Ii Llc
30.7 mi	Headgate Rock Parker, AZ	Hydroelectric	20 MW	Colorado River Indian Irr Proj
31.0 mi	Oe_az1 Salome, AZ	Solar	33 MW	Onward Energy
31.1 mi	Blythe Solar Ii, Llc Blythe, CA	Solar	246 MW	Blythe Solar Ii, Llc
31.5 mi	Mccoy Solar Energy Project Hybrid Blythe, CA	Solar	501 MW	Mccoy Solar, Llc
31.8 mi	Blythe Solar 110, Llc Blythe, CA	Solar	173 MW	Blythe Solar 110, Llc
32.0 mi	Blythe Solar Iii, Llc Hybrid Blythe, CA	Solar	252 MW	Blythe Solar Iii, Llc
33.1 mi	Solar Blythe Llc Blythe, CA	Solar	21 MW	Nrg Solar Blythe
33.2 mi	Blythe Solar Iv, Llc Blythe, CA	Solar	184 MW	Blythe Solar Iv, Llc
33.6 mi	Arlington Energy Center Ii Blythe, CA	Solar	365 MW	Arlington Energy Center Ii
33.6 mi	Arlington Energy Center Iii Blythe, CA	Solar	241 MW	Arlington Energy Center Iii
34.2 mi	Desert Quartzite Blythe, CA	Solar	450 MW	Desert Quartzite Llc
36.8 mi	Atlas Bess Iv Llc Salome, AZ	Battery Storage	—	Atlas Bess Iv, Llc
36.8 mi	Atlas Vii Salome, AZ	Battery Storage	—	Atlas Vii Llc
36.8 mi	Atlas Viii Salome, AZ	Battery Storage	—	Atlas Viii Llc
36.8 mi	Atlas Ix Salome, AZ	Battery Storage	—	Atlas Ix Llc
36.8 mi	Atlas Ii Salome, AZ	Solar	—	Atlas Solar Ii, Llc
36.8 mi	Atlas Solar Iv Salome, AZ	Solar	—	Atlas Solar Iv, Llc
37.4 mi	Crimson Blythe, CA	Other Fossil	350 MW	Re Crimson Llc
39.2 mi	Parker Dam Parker, CA	Hydroelectric	120 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
39.4 mi	Centennial Flats Salome, AZ	Solar	—	Copia Power
42.4 mi	Chuckawalla Valley State Prison Blythe, CA	Solar	1 MW	Sune Cpa Cdc1 Llc
43.2 mi	Chuckawalla Solar Blythe, CA	Solar	4 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
43.2 mi	Sunedison Ironwood State Prison Blythe, CA	Solar	1 MW	Sune Cpa Cdc2 Llc
43.2 mi	Ironwood Solar Llc Blythe, CA	Solar	4 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
43.5 mi	Chuckawalla State Prison Blythe, CA	Solar	—	Ecoplexus, Inc
43.8 mi	Ironwood State Prison Blythe, CA	Solar	—	Ecoplexus, Inc
46.5 mi	Genesis Solar Energy Project Blythe, CA	Solar	250 MW	Genesis Solar Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 36 power plants within 50 miles of Quartzsite, Arizona (ZIP 85346), with a combined 4,166 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 26 of the 36 nearby plants. The closest plant is La Paz Solar Tower at 13.7 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 Arizona, visit the Arizona state page.

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