Power Plants Near 87027 — La Jara, NM

9 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87027 (La Jara, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.1194, -106.9923 · County: Sandoval

Solar 64%Other Fossil 31%Hydroelectric 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.5 mi	Cuba 2.5ac, Llc Cuba, NM	Solar	3 MW	Cuba 2.5ac, Llc
10.1 mi	Jicarilla Solar 2 Dulce, NM	Solar	50 MW	Repsol Renewables Na
20.0 mi	Shallow Basket Dulce, NM	Solar	190 MW	Shallow Basket Energy, Llc
20.9 mi	Jicarilla Solar 1 Llc Dulce, NM	Solar	70 MW	Repsol Renewables Na
32.8 mi	Abiquiu Dam Abiquiu, NM	Hydroelectric	16 MW	Los Alamos County
33.5 mi	Arroyo Solar Energy Storage Hybrid Pueblo Pintado, NM	Other Fossil	150 MW	Arroyo Solar Llc
35.8 mi	El Vado Dam Tierra Amarilla, NM	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Los Alamos County
41.7 mi	Los Alamos Pv Site Los Alamos, NM	Solar	1 MW	Los Alamos County
47.1 mi	Syncarpha El Rito El Rito, NM	Solar	2 MW	Syncarpha El Rito I, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 9 power plants within 50 miles of La Jara, New Mexico (ZIP 87027), with a combined 489 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 Cuba 2.5ac, Llc 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 New Mexico, visit the New Mexico state page.

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