Power Plants Near 87051 — San Rafael, NM

8 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87051 (San Rafael, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.1125, -107.8826 · County: Cibola

Solar 72%Wind 28%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.0 mi	Grants Cdec 2 Grants, NM	Solar	5 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
9.7 mi	Bluewater Cdec 1 Bluewater, NM	Solar	2 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
10.5 mi	Route 66 Energy Storage San Fidel, NM	Battery Storage	—	Route 66 Energy Storage
15.2 mi	Route 66 Energy Center, Llc San Fidel, NM	Solar	50 MW	Route 66 Energy Center, Llc
23.3 mi	Escalante (Nm) Grants, NM	Solar	200 MW	Origis Energy Usa, Inc
23.8 mi	Escalante Prewitt, NM	Coal	—	Tri-State G & T Assn, Inc
30.2 mi	Red Mesa Wind Llc Seboyeta, NM	Wind	102 MW	Red Mesa Wind Llc
36.5 mi	Cibola Seboyeta, NM	Solar	8 MW	Pnm Resources

Power generation near this area

There are 8 power plants within 50 miles of San Rafael, New Mexico (ZIP 87051), with a combined 366 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 8 nearby plants. The closest plant is Grants Cdec 2 at 4.0 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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