Power Plants Near 87124 — Rio Rancho, NM

45 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87124 (Rio Rancho, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.2493, -106.6818 · County: Sandoval

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

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.3 mi	Rio Rancho High School Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
4.6 mi	Sue Cleveland High School Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
7.0 mi	Reeves Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	154 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
7.2 mi	Albuquerque Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	2 MW	Pnm Resources
7.8 mi	Sandoval Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	6 MW	Pnm Resources
8.5 mi	City Of Rio Rancho Wwtp Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	1 MW	Exus New Mexico
9.8 mi	Univ New Mexico Cogen Plant Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	—	University Of New Mexico
10.1 mi	Rc Energy Aa Llc Solar Facility Albuquerque, NM	Solar	1 MW	Rc Energy Aa Llc
10.3 mi	Tag Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	—	Exus New Mexico
10.5 mi	Quail Ranch Solar And Bess Rio Rancho, NM	Battery Storage	—	Quail Ranch Solar And Battery Energy Storage System
10.9 mi	Atrisco Solar Llc Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	300 MW	Atrisco Solar Llc
11.9 mi	Ford Utilities Center Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	15 MW	University Of New Mexico
12.3 mi	Encino Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho Estates, NM	Solar	55 MW	Exus New Mexico
12.8 mi	Nmrd Data Center Iii, Llc Rio Ranchero, NM	Solar	50 MW	Exus New Mexico
13.5 mi	Atrisco Energy Storage Rio Rancho, NM	Battery Storage	300 MW	Atrisco Energy Storage Llc
15.1 mi	Rio Rancho Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
15.4 mi	Algodones Algodones, NM	Natural Gas	45 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
15.6 mi	Rio Bravo Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	150 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
15.6 mi	Facebook 2 Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
15.9 mi	Facebook 3 Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
15.9 mi	Sandia Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Battery Storage	—	Pnm Resources
16.1 mi	Southside Water Reclamation Plant Albuquerque, NM	Biomass	7 MW	Albuquerque City Of
16.3 mi	Eubank Landfill Solar Array Albuquerque, NM	Solar	2 MW	Suncore Photovoltaics, Inc
17.3 mi	Prosperity Energy Storage Facility Hybri Albuquerque, NM	Solar	1 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
18.1 mi	Santolina Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	11 MW	Pnm Resources
18.4 mi	South Valley Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
29.2 mi	Los Lunas Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	7 MW	Pnm Resources
29.3 mi	Facebook 1 Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
31.7 mi	Meadow Lake Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	9 MW	Pnm Resources
32.0 mi	Cibola Seboyeta, NM	Solar	8 MW	Pnm Resources
32.8 mi	Sky Ranch Solar Belen, NM	Solar	240 MW	Sky Ranch Solar And Storage
32.8 mi	Sky Ranch Bess Ii Belen, NM	Battery Storage	—	Sky Ranch Bess Ii
34.8 mi	Manzano Solar Los Lunas, NM	Solar	8 MW	Pnm Resources
35.2 mi	Vista Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
36.7 mi	Britton Solar Energy Center Moriarty, NM	Solar	50 MW	Exus New Mexico
38.5 mi	Rio De Oro Solar Energy Center Belen, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
39.6 mi	Red Mesa Wind Llc Seboyeta, NM	Wind	102 MW	Red Mesa Wind Llc
41.6 mi	Asg-8 Belen, NM	Solar	—	Affordable Solar Silver City, Llc
42.1 mi	Santa Fe Solar Energy Center Santa Fe, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
44.2 mi	Valencia Energy Facility Belen, NM	Natural Gas	160 MW	Valencia Power Llc
44.4 mi	La Luz Energy Center Belen, NM	Natural Gas	42 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
44.8 mi	Asg-4 Belen, NM	Solar	—	Affordable Solar Silver City, Llc
46.1 mi	Rio Communities Solar Energy Center Rio Communities, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
48.1 mi	Los Alamos Pv Site Los Alamos, NM	Solar	1 MW	Los Alamos County
48.1 mi	Cnmec Solar Energy Center Estancia, NM	Solar	2 MW	Exus New Mexico

Power generation near this area

There are 45 power plants within 50 miles of Rio Rancho, New Mexico (ZIP 87124), with a combined 1,820 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 32 of the 45 nearby plants. The closest plant is Rio Rancho High School 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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