Power Plants Near 87116 — Albuquerque, NM

45 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87116 (Albuquerque, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.0561, -106.5506 · County: Bernalillo

Solar 40%Natural Gas 27%Wind 19%Battery Storage 14%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.3 mi	Eubank Landfill Solar Array Albuquerque, NM	Solar	2 MW	Suncore Photovoltaics, Inc
1.3 mi	Sandia Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Battery Storage	—	Pnm Resources
4.6 mi	Ford Utilities Center Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	15 MW	University Of New Mexico
5.1 mi	Rio Rancho Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
5.6 mi	Univ New Mexico Cogen Plant Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	—	University Of New Mexico
5.7 mi	Rio Bravo Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	150 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
6.2 mi	Prosperity Energy Storage Facility Hybri Albuquerque, NM	Solar	1 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
6.7 mi	Rc Energy Aa Llc Solar Facility Albuquerque, NM	Solar	1 MW	Rc Energy Aa Llc
7.3 mi	Southside Water Reclamation Plant Albuquerque, NM	Biomass	7 MW	Albuquerque City Of
8.3 mi	Albuquerque Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	2 MW	Pnm Resources
8.5 mi	Reeves Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	154 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
11.6 mi	South Valley Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
15.8 mi	Rio Rancho High School Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
16.8 mi	City Of Rio Rancho Wwtp Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	1 MW	Exus New Mexico
17.1 mi	Meadow Lake Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	9 MW	Pnm Resources
17.3 mi	Santolina Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	11 MW	Pnm Resources
17.8 mi	Facebook 3 Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
17.9 mi	Facebook 2 Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
18.8 mi	Sue Cleveland High School Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
19.6 mi	Facebook 1 Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
19.8 mi	Atrisco Solar Llc Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	300 MW	Atrisco Solar Llc
19.9 mi	Los Lunas Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	7 MW	Pnm Resources
19.9 mi	Quail Ranch Solar And Bess Rio Rancho, NM	Battery Storage	—	Quail Ranch Solar And Battery Energy Storage System
21.6 mi	Sandoval Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	6 MW	Pnm Resources
22.2 mi	Manzano Solar Los Lunas, NM	Solar	8 MW	Pnm Resources
22.6 mi	Vista Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
22.7 mi	Atrisco Energy Storage Rio Rancho, NM	Battery Storage	300 MW	Atrisco Energy Storage Llc
22.9 mi	Sky Ranch Solar Belen, NM	Solar	240 MW	Sky Ranch Solar And Storage
22.9 mi	Sky Ranch Bess Ii Belen, NM	Battery Storage	—	Sky Ranch Bess Ii
23.1 mi	Tag Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	—	Exus New Mexico
23.2 mi	Algodones Algodones, NM	Natural Gas	45 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
25.8 mi	Britton Solar Energy Center Moriarty, NM	Solar	50 MW	Exus New Mexico
26.3 mi	Rio De Oro Solar Energy Center Belen, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
26.9 mi	Encino Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho Estates, NM	Solar	55 MW	Exus New Mexico
27.7 mi	Nmrd Data Center Iii, Llc Rio Ranchero, NM	Solar	50 MW	Exus New Mexico
31.4 mi	Asg-8 Belen, NM	Solar	—	Affordable Solar Silver City, Llc
32.4 mi	Valencia Energy Facility Belen, NM	Natural Gas	160 MW	Valencia Power Llc
33.6 mi	Rio Communities Solar Energy Center Rio Communities, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
33.9 mi	La Luz Energy Center Belen, NM	Natural Gas	42 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
34.0 mi	Cnmec Solar Energy Center Estancia, NM	Solar	2 MW	Exus New Mexico
34.3 mi	Asg-4 Belen, NM	Solar	—	Affordable Solar Silver City, Llc
40.5 mi	Cibola Seboyeta, NM	Solar	8 MW	Pnm Resources
46.0 mi	Santa Fe Solar Energy Center Santa Fe, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
49.0 mi	La Joya Nm Encino, NM	Wind	306 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
49.3 mi	Red Mesa Wind Llc Seboyeta, NM	Wind	102 MW	Red Mesa Wind Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 45 power plants within 50 miles of Albuquerque, New Mexico (ZIP 87116), with a combined 2,126 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 31 of the 45 nearby plants. The closest plant is Eubank Landfill Solar Array at 1.3 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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