Power Plants Near 87120 — Albuquerque, NM

44 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87120 (Albuquerque, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.1421, -106.7041 · County: Bernalillo

Solar 46%Natural Gas 31%Battery Storage 16%Wind 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.5 mi	Univ New Mexico Cogen Plant Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	—	University Of New Mexico
6.0 mi	Ford Utilities Center Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	15 MW	University Of New Mexico
6.1 mi	Reeves Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	154 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
6.2 mi	Albuquerque Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	2 MW	Pnm Resources
6.4 mi	City Of Rio Rancho Wwtp Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	1 MW	Exus New Mexico
8.7 mi	Rio Rancho High School Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
8.7 mi	Rio Bravo Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	150 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
8.9 mi	Rc Energy Aa Llc Solar Facility Albuquerque, NM	Solar	1 MW	Rc Energy Aa Llc
8.9 mi	Southside Water Reclamation Plant Albuquerque, NM	Biomass	7 MW	Albuquerque City Of
9.4 mi	Atrisco Solar Llc Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	300 MW	Atrisco Solar Llc
9.5 mi	Quail Ranch Solar And Bess Rio Rancho, NM	Battery Storage	—	Quail Ranch Solar And Battery Energy Storage System
10.1 mi	Facebook 2 Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
10.2 mi	Facebook 3 Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
10.4 mi	Prosperity Energy Storage Facility Hybri Albuquerque, NM	Solar	1 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
10.9 mi	South Valley Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
11.5 mi	Sandoval Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	6 MW	Pnm Resources
11.6 mi	Santolina Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	11 MW	Pnm Resources
11.6 mi	Sandia Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Battery Storage	—	Pnm Resources
11.8 mi	Eubank Landfill Solar Array Albuquerque, NM	Solar	2 MW	Suncore Photovoltaics, Inc
12.1 mi	Sue Cleveland High School Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
12.4 mi	Atrisco Energy Storage Rio Rancho, NM	Battery Storage	300 MW	Atrisco Energy Storage Llc
12.7 mi	Tag Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	—	Exus New Mexico
12.8 mi	Rio Rancho Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
17.0 mi	Encino Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho Estates, NM	Solar	55 MW	Exus New Mexico
17.9 mi	Nmrd Data Center Iii, Llc Rio Ranchero, NM	Solar	50 MW	Exus New Mexico
21.5 mi	Algodones Algodones, NM	Natural Gas	45 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
21.7 mi	Los Lunas Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	7 MW	Pnm Resources
21.7 mi	Facebook 1 Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
25.2 mi	Meadow Lake Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	9 MW	Pnm Resources
25.2 mi	Sky Ranch Solar Belen, NM	Solar	240 MW	Sky Ranch Solar And Storage
25.2 mi	Sky Ranch Bess Ii Belen, NM	Battery Storage	—	Sky Ranch Bess Ii
27.5 mi	Manzano Solar Los Lunas, NM	Solar	8 MW	Pnm Resources
27.9 mi	Vista Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
30.8 mi	Cibola Seboyeta, NM	Solar	8 MW	Pnm Resources
31.1 mi	Rio De Oro Solar Energy Center Belen, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
34.1 mi	Asg-8 Belen, NM	Solar	—	Affordable Solar Silver City, Llc
35.4 mi	Britton Solar Energy Center Moriarty, NM	Solar	50 MW	Exus New Mexico
36.7 mi	Valencia Energy Facility Belen, NM	Natural Gas	160 MW	Valencia Power Llc
36.9 mi	La Luz Energy Center Belen, NM	Natural Gas	42 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
37.3 mi	Asg-4 Belen, NM	Solar	—	Affordable Solar Silver City, Llc
38.7 mi	Rio Communities Solar Energy Center Rio Communities, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
39.3 mi	Red Mesa Wind Llc Seboyeta, NM	Wind	102 MW	Red Mesa Wind Llc
44.5 mi	Cnmec Solar Energy Center Estancia, NM	Solar	2 MW	Exus New Mexico
47.6 mi	Santa Fe Solar Energy Center Santa Fe, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources

Power generation near this area

There are 44 power plants within 50 miles of Albuquerque, New Mexico (ZIP 87120), with a combined 1,819 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 Univ New Mexico Cogen Plant at 5.5 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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