Power Plants Near 87028 — La Joya, NM

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87028 (La Joya, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.3813, -106.8150 · County: Socorro

Natural Gas 45%Solar 42%Wind 12%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
15.8 mi	Asg-4 Belen, NM	Solar	—	Affordable Solar Silver City, Llc
15.8 mi	Rio Communities Solar Energy Center Rio Communities, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
16.2 mi	La Luz Energy Center Belen, NM	Natural Gas	42 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
16.6 mi	Valencia Energy Facility Belen, NM	Natural Gas	160 MW	Valencia Power Llc
19.0 mi	Asg-8 Belen, NM	Solar	—	Affordable Solar Silver City, Llc
22.7 mi	Rio De Oro Solar Energy Center Belen, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
26.5 mi	Vista Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
26.8 mi	Manzano Solar Los Lunas, NM	Solar	8 MW	Pnm Resources
27.7 mi	Sky Ranch Solar Belen, NM	Solar	240 MW	Sky Ranch Solar And Storage
27.7 mi	Sky Ranch Bess Ii Belen, NM	Battery Storage	—	Sky Ranch Bess Ii
31.2 mi	Facebook 1 Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
31.3 mi	Los Lunas Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	7 MW	Pnm Resources
34.0 mi	Meadow Lake Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	9 MW	Pnm Resources
42.0 mi	South Valley Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
44.1 mi	Prosperity Energy Storage Facility Hybri Albuquerque, NM	Solar	1 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
44.6 mi	Southside Water Reclamation Plant Albuquerque, NM	Biomass	7 MW	Albuquerque City Of
44.9 mi	Santolina Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	11 MW	Pnm Resources
45.6 mi	Rio Bravo Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	150 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
48.0 mi	Facebook 3 Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
48.4 mi	Facebook 2 Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
48.9 mi	Eubank Landfill Solar Array Albuquerque, NM	Solar	2 MW	Suncore Photovoltaics, Inc
48.9 mi	High Lonesome Mesa Llc Willard, NM	Wind	100 MW	High Lonesome Mesa, Llc
49.5 mi	Sandia Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Battery Storage	—	Pnm Resources
49.7 mi	Ford Utilities Center Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	15 MW	University Of New Mexico

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of La Joya, New Mexico (ZIP 87028), with a combined 822 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 16 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Asg-4 at 15.8 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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