Power Plants Near 87036 — Mountainair, NM

36 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87036 (Mountainair, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.5158, -106.2577 · County: Torrance

Wind 60%Natural Gas 22%Solar 17%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
17.2 mi	High Lonesome Mesa Llc Willard, NM	Wind	100 MW	High Lonesome Mesa, Llc
21.9 mi	Cnmec Solar Energy Center Estancia, NM	Solar	2 MW	Exus New Mexico
24.6 mi	Rio Communities Solar Energy Center Rio Communities, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
25.2 mi	Meadow Lake Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	9 MW	Pnm Resources
27.3 mi	Rio De Oro Solar Energy Center Belen, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
27.4 mi	Vista Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
27.6 mi	Manzano Solar Los Lunas, NM	Solar	8 MW	Pnm Resources
27.8 mi	Valencia Energy Facility Belen, NM	Natural Gas	160 MW	Valencia Power Llc
32.4 mi	Asg-4 Belen, NM	Solar	—	Affordable Solar Silver City, Llc
32.5 mi	La Luz Energy Center Belen, NM	Natural Gas	42 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
33.2 mi	Asg-8 Belen, NM	Solar	—	Affordable Solar Silver City, Llc
34.8 mi	Sky Ranch Solar Belen, NM	Solar	240 MW	Sky Ranch Solar And Storage
34.8 mi	Sky Ranch Bess Ii Belen, NM	Battery Storage	—	Sky Ranch Bess Ii
35.7 mi	Britton Solar Energy Center Moriarty, NM	Solar	50 MW	Exus New Mexico
35.8 mi	La Joya Nm Encino, NM	Wind	306 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
36.0 mi	Facebook 1 Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
36.6 mi	Los Lunas Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	7 MW	Pnm Resources
39.6 mi	Sunzia Wind South Corona, NM	Wind	—	Pattern Operators Lp
39.6 mi	Sunzia Wind North Clines Corner, NM	Wind	—	Pattern Operators Lp
39.9 mi	Prosperity Energy Storage Facility Hybri Albuquerque, NM	Solar	1 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
40.0 mi	Eubank Landfill Solar Array Albuquerque, NM	Solar	2 MW	Suncore Photovoltaics, Inc
40.4 mi	Sandia Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Battery Storage	—	Pnm Resources
41.5 mi	Rio Bravo Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	150 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
41.7 mi	Southside Water Reclamation Plant Albuquerque, NM	Biomass	7 MW	Albuquerque City Of
42.3 mi	South Valley Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
42.6 mi	Rio Rancho Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
44.5 mi	Ford Utilities Center Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	15 MW	University Of New Mexico
44.5 mi	Duran Mesa Llc Duran, NM	Wind	105 MW	Pattern Operators Lp
46.2 mi	El Cabo Wind Encino, NM	Wind	298 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
46.3 mi	Univ New Mexico Cogen Plant Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	—	University Of New Mexico
47.0 mi	Rc Energy Aa Llc Solar Facility Albuquerque, NM	Solar	1 MW	Rc Energy Aa Llc
47.8 mi	Tecolote Wind Llc Duran, NM	Wind	272 MW	Pattern Operators Lp
48.1 mi	Clines Corners Wind Farm Llc Encino, NM	Wind	325 MW	Pattern Operators Lp
49.1 mi	Santolina Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	11 MW	Pnm Resources
49.1 mi	Albuquerque Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	2 MW	Pnm Resources
49.3 mi	Reeves Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	154 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm

Power generation near this area

There are 36 power plants within 50 miles of Mountainair, New Mexico (ZIP 87036), with a combined 2,327 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 19 of the 36 nearby plants. The closest plant is High Lonesome Mesa Llc at 17.2 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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