Power Plants Near 87044 — Ponderosa, NM

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87044 (Ponderosa, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.6600, -106.6675 · County: Sandoval

Solar 41%Natural Gas 27%Battery Storage 23%Wind 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
22.2 mi	Algodones Algodones, NM	Natural Gas	45 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
22.6 mi	Nmrd Data Center Iii, Llc Rio Ranchero, NM	Solar	50 MW	Exus New Mexico
23.7 mi	Encino Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho Estates, NM	Solar	55 MW	Exus New Mexico
24.0 mi	Sue Cleveland High School Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
25.0 mi	Los Alamos Pv Site Los Alamos, NM	Solar	1 MW	Los Alamos County
27.3 mi	Sandoval Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	6 MW	Pnm Resources
27.3 mi	Rio Rancho High School Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
29.0 mi	Tag Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	—	Exus New Mexico
29.2 mi	Cuba 2.5ac, Llc Cuba, NM	Solar	3 MW	Cuba 2.5ac, Llc
33.6 mi	Quail Ranch Solar And Bess Rio Rancho, NM	Battery Storage	—	Quail Ranch Solar And Battery Energy Storage System
34.0 mi	Reeves Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	154 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
34.1 mi	City Of Rio Rancho Wwtp Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	1 MW	Exus New Mexico
34.1 mi	Albuquerque Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	2 MW	Pnm Resources
34.3 mi	Atrisco Solar Llc Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	300 MW	Atrisco Solar Llc
34.4 mi	Santa Fe Solar Energy Center Santa Fe, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
34.8 mi	Atrisco Energy Storage Rio Rancho, NM	Battery Storage	300 MW	Atrisco Energy Storage Llc
35.7 mi	Rc Energy Aa Llc Solar Facility Albuquerque, NM	Solar	1 MW	Rc Energy Aa Llc
37.4 mi	Univ New Mexico Cogen Plant Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	—	University Of New Mexico
39.8 mi	Rio Rancho Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
39.9 mi	Ford Utilities Center Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	15 MW	University Of New Mexico
41.6 mi	Facebook 2 Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
41.9 mi	Facebook 3 Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
42.3 mi	Abiquiu Dam Abiquiu, NM	Hydroelectric	16 MW	Los Alamos County
42.4 mi	Sandia Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Battery Storage	—	Pnm Resources
42.9 mi	Eubank Landfill Solar Array Albuquerque, NM	Solar	2 MW	Suncore Photovoltaics, Inc
43.6 mi	Jicarilla Solar 2 Dulce, NM	Solar	50 MW	Repsol Renewables Na
43.8 mi	Rio Bravo Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	150 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
44.5 mi	Southside Water Reclamation Plant Albuquerque, NM	Biomass	7 MW	Albuquerque City Of
44.8 mi	Santolina Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	11 MW	Pnm Resources
45.4 mi	Cibola Seboyeta, NM	Solar	8 MW	Pnm Resources
45.5 mi	Prosperity Energy Storage Facility Hybri Albuquerque, NM	Solar	1 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
46.0 mi	Alcalde Solar Array Alcalde, NM	Solar	2 MW	Jemez Cuba Llc
46.7 mi	South Valley Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
48.5 mi	Red Mesa Wind Llc Seboyeta, NM	Wind	102 MW	Red Mesa Wind Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Ponderosa, New Mexico (ZIP 87044), with a combined 1,332 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 23 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is Algodones at 22.2 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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