Power Plants Near 87005 — Bluewater, NM

9 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87005 (Bluewater, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.2550, -107.9856 · County: Cibola

Solar 73%Wind 27%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.1 mi	Bluewater Cdec 1 Bluewater, NM	Solar	2 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
11.8 mi	Escalante (Nm) Grants, NM	Solar	200 MW	Origis Energy Usa, Inc
12.2 mi	Grants Cdec 2 Grants, NM	Solar	5 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
12.4 mi	Escalante Prewitt, NM	Coal	—	Tri-State G & T Assn, Inc
20.7 mi	Route 66 Energy Storage San Fidel, NM	Battery Storage	—	Route 66 Energy Storage
23.6 mi	Route 66 Energy Center, Llc San Fidel, NM	Solar	50 MW	Route 66 Energy Center, Llc
34.0 mi	Red Mesa Wind Llc Seboyeta, NM	Wind	102 MW	Red Mesa Wind Llc
42.0 mi	Cibola Seboyeta, NM	Solar	8 MW	Pnm Resources
48.3 mi	City Of Gallup Solar Gallup, NM	Solar	8 MW	Standard Solar

Power generation near this area

There are 9 power plants within 50 miles of Bluewater, New Mexico (ZIP 87005), with a combined 374 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 9 nearby plants. The closest plant is Bluewater Cdec 1 at 2.1 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 New Mexico, visit the New Mexico state page.

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