Power Plants Near 87043 — Placitas, NM

42 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87043 (Placitas, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.3092, -106.5293 · County: Sandoval

Solar 47%Natural Gas 30%Battery Storage 17%Wind 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.4 mi	Algodones Algodones, NM	Natural Gas	45 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
7.2 mi	Sue Cleveland High School Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
8.4 mi	Rio Rancho High School Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
10.4 mi	Reeves Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	154 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
10.5 mi	Albuquerque Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	2 MW	Pnm Resources
10.9 mi	Rc Energy Aa Llc Solar Facility Albuquerque, NM	Solar	1 MW	Rc Energy Aa Llc
13.8 mi	Univ New Mexico Cogen Plant Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	—	University Of New Mexico
14.4 mi	Rio Rancho Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
16.1 mi	Sandoval Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	6 MW	Pnm Resources
16.5 mi	Ford Utilities Center Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	15 MW	University Of New Mexico
17.4 mi	Sandia Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Battery Storage	—	Pnm Resources
18.0 mi	Eubank Landfill Solar Array Albuquerque, NM	Solar	2 MW	Suncore Photovoltaics, Inc
18.0 mi	City Of Rio Rancho Wwtp Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	1 MW	Exus New Mexico
18.8 mi	Encino Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho Estates, NM	Solar	55 MW	Exus New Mexico
18.8 mi	Nmrd Data Center Iii, Llc Rio Ranchero, NM	Solar	50 MW	Exus New Mexico
19.0 mi	Tag Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	—	Exus New Mexico
20.0 mi	Quail Ranch Solar And Bess Rio Rancho, NM	Battery Storage	—	Quail Ranch Solar And Battery Energy Storage System
20.4 mi	Atrisco Solar Llc Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	300 MW	Atrisco Solar Llc
20.6 mi	Rio Bravo Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	150 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
21.7 mi	Southside Water Reclamation Plant Albuquerque, NM	Biomass	7 MW	Albuquerque City Of
22.1 mi	Prosperity Energy Storage Facility Hybri Albuquerque, NM	Solar	1 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
23.0 mi	Atrisco Energy Storage Rio Rancho, NM	Battery Storage	300 MW	Atrisco Energy Storage Llc
24.7 mi	Facebook 2 Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
24.9 mi	Facebook 3 Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
25.2 mi	South Valley Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
26.7 mi	Santolina Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	11 MW	Pnm Resources
31.7 mi	Britton Solar Energy Center Moriarty, NM	Solar	50 MW	Exus New Mexico
32.6 mi	Santa Fe Solar Energy Center Santa Fe, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
34.5 mi	Meadow Lake Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	9 MW	Pnm Resources
35.6 mi	Facebook 1 Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
35.7 mi	Los Lunas Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	7 MW	Pnm Resources
39.0 mi	Sky Ranch Solar Belen, NM	Solar	240 MW	Sky Ranch Solar And Storage
39.0 mi	Sky Ranch Bess Ii Belen, NM	Battery Storage	—	Sky Ranch Bess Ii
39.5 mi	Manzano Solar Los Lunas, NM	Solar	8 MW	Pnm Resources
39.9 mi	Vista Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
41.0 mi	Los Alamos Pv Site Los Alamos, NM	Solar	1 MW	Los Alamos County
41.1 mi	Cibola Seboyeta, NM	Solar	8 MW	Pnm Resources
43.6 mi	Rio De Oro Solar Energy Center Belen, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
45.3 mi	Cnmec Solar Energy Center Estancia, NM	Solar	2 MW	Exus New Mexico
47.9 mi	Asg-8 Belen, NM	Solar	—	Affordable Solar Silver City, Llc
48.2 mi	Red Mesa Wind Llc Seboyeta, NM	Wind	102 MW	Red Mesa Wind Llc
49.6 mi	Valencia Energy Facility Belen, NM	Natural Gas	160 MW	Valencia Power Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 42 power plants within 50 miles of Placitas, New Mexico (ZIP 87043), with a combined 1,768 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 30 of the 42 nearby plants. The closest plant is Algodones at 6.4 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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