Power Plants Near 87047 — Sandia Park, NM

44 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87047 (Sandia Park, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.1683, -106.3238 · County: Bernalillo

Solar 42%Natural Gas 28%Wind 15%Battery Storage 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.0 mi	Rio Rancho Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
12.7 mi	Rc Energy Aa Llc Solar Facility Albuquerque, NM	Solar	1 MW	Rc Energy Aa Llc
13.8 mi	Sandia Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Battery Storage	—	Pnm Resources
14.3 mi	Eubank Landfill Solar Array Albuquerque, NM	Solar	2 MW	Suncore Photovoltaics, Inc
15.6 mi	Albuquerque Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	2 MW	Pnm Resources
15.7 mi	Reeves Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	154 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
16.5 mi	Univ New Mexico Cogen Plant Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	—	University Of New Mexico
16.5 mi	Britton Solar Energy Center Moriarty, NM	Solar	50 MW	Exus New Mexico
16.9 mi	Algodones Algodones, NM	Natural Gas	45 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
18.0 mi	Ford Utilities Center Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	15 MW	University Of New Mexico
20.5 mi	Rio Rancho High School Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
20.6 mi	Rio Bravo Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	150 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
21.1 mi	Prosperity Energy Storage Facility Hybri Albuquerque, NM	Solar	1 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
21.3 mi	Sue Cleveland High School Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
22.2 mi	Southside Water Reclamation Plant Albuquerque, NM	Biomass	7 MW	Albuquerque City Of
26.5 mi	South Valley Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
27.1 mi	Meadow Lake Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	9 MW	Pnm Resources
27.3 mi	City Of Rio Rancho Wwtp Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	1 MW	Exus New Mexico
28.7 mi	Sandoval Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	6 MW	Pnm Resources
30.2 mi	Quail Ranch Solar And Bess Rio Rancho, NM	Battery Storage	—	Quail Ranch Solar And Battery Energy Storage System
30.3 mi	Atrisco Solar Llc Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	300 MW	Atrisco Solar Llc
30.8 mi	Cnmec Solar Energy Center Estancia, NM	Solar	2 MW	Exus New Mexico
31.2 mi	Facebook 2 Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
31.2 mi	Tag Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	—	Exus New Mexico
31.3 mi	Facebook 3 Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
31.5 mi	Santolina Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	11 MW	Pnm Resources
32.6 mi	Santa Fe Solar Energy Center Santa Fe, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
32.8 mi	Encino Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho Estates, NM	Solar	55 MW	Exus New Mexico
33.0 mi	Nmrd Data Center Iii, Llc Rio Ranchero, NM	Solar	50 MW	Exus New Mexico
33.3 mi	Atrisco Energy Storage Rio Rancho, NM	Battery Storage	300 MW	Atrisco Energy Storage Llc
34.0 mi	Facebook 1 Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
34.4 mi	Los Lunas Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	7 MW	Pnm Resources
34.6 mi	Manzano Solar Los Lunas, NM	Solar	8 MW	Pnm Resources
35.0 mi	Vista Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
37.0 mi	Sky Ranch Solar Belen, NM	Solar	240 MW	Sky Ranch Solar And Storage
37.0 mi	Sky Ranch Bess Ii Belen, NM	Battery Storage	—	Sky Ranch Bess Ii
38.8 mi	Rio De Oro Solar Energy Center Belen, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
41.3 mi	La Joya Nm Encino, NM	Wind	306 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
44.9 mi	Valencia Energy Facility Belen, NM	Natural Gas	160 MW	Valencia Power Llc
45.0 mi	Asg-8 Belen, NM	Solar	—	Affordable Solar Silver City, Llc
45.3 mi	Rio Communities Solar Energy Center Rio Communities, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
47.2 mi	La Luz Energy Center Belen, NM	Natural Gas	42 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
47.6 mi	Asg-4 Belen, NM	Solar	—	Affordable Solar Silver City, Llc
48.9 mi	Los Alamos Pv Site Los Alamos, NM	Solar	1 MW	Los Alamos County

Power generation near this area

There are 44 power plants within 50 miles of Sandia Park, New Mexico (ZIP 87047), with a combined 2,017 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 31 of the 44 nearby plants. The closest plant is Rio Rancho Solar Energy Center at 10.0 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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