Power Plants Near 87144 — Rio Rancho, NM

44 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87144 (Rio Rancho, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.3240, -106.7099 · County: Sandoval

Solar 46%Natural Gas 31%Battery Storage 17%Wind 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.0 mi	Sue Cleveland High School Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
4.8 mi	Rio Rancho High School Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
6.4 mi	Sandoval Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	6 MW	Pnm Resources
8.6 mi	Encino Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho Estates, NM	Solar	55 MW	Exus New Mexico
8.7 mi	Nmrd Data Center Iii, Llc Rio Ranchero, NM	Solar	50 MW	Exus New Mexico
9.3 mi	Tag Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	—	Exus New Mexico
11.4 mi	City Of Rio Rancho Wwtp Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	1 MW	Exus New Mexico
12.0 mi	Quail Ranch Solar And Bess Rio Rancho, NM	Battery Storage	—	Quail Ranch Solar And Battery Energy Storage System
12.2 mi	Reeves Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	154 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
12.4 mi	Albuquerque Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	2 MW	Pnm Resources
12.6 mi	Atrisco Solar Llc Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	300 MW	Atrisco Solar Llc
14.4 mi	Atrisco Energy Storage Rio Rancho, NM	Battery Storage	300 MW	Atrisco Energy Storage Llc
14.5 mi	Algodones Algodones, NM	Natural Gas	45 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
15.0 mi	Rc Energy Aa Llc Solar Facility Albuquerque, NM	Solar	1 MW	Rc Energy Aa Llc
15.2 mi	Univ New Mexico Cogen Plant Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	—	University Of New Mexico
17.3 mi	Ford Utilities Center Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	15 MW	University Of New Mexico
19.0 mi	Facebook 2 Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
19.3 mi	Facebook 3 Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
19.9 mi	Rio Rancho Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
20.9 mi	Rio Bravo Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	150 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
21.1 mi	Sandia Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Battery Storage	—	Pnm Resources
21.4 mi	Southside Water Reclamation Plant Albuquerque, NM	Biomass	7 MW	Albuquerque City Of
21.5 mi	Eubank Landfill Solar Array Albuquerque, NM	Solar	2 MW	Suncore Photovoltaics, Inc
21.9 mi	Santolina Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	11 MW	Pnm Resources
22.6 mi	Prosperity Energy Storage Facility Hybri Albuquerque, NM	Solar	1 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
23.4 mi	South Valley Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
31.4 mi	Cibola Seboyeta, NM	Solar	8 MW	Pnm Resources
34.1 mi	Los Lunas Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	7 MW	Pnm Resources
34.2 mi	Facebook 1 Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
37.1 mi	Meadow Lake Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	9 MW	Pnm Resources
37.7 mi	Sky Ranch Solar Belen, NM	Solar	240 MW	Sky Ranch Solar And Storage
37.7 mi	Sky Ranch Bess Ii Belen, NM	Battery Storage	—	Sky Ranch Bess Ii
38.1 mi	Red Mesa Wind Llc Seboyeta, NM	Wind	102 MW	Red Mesa Wind Llc
40.0 mi	Manzano Solar Los Lunas, NM	Solar	8 MW	Pnm Resources
40.4 mi	Vista Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
40.6 mi	Britton Solar Energy Center Moriarty, NM	Solar	50 MW	Exus New Mexico
40.8 mi	Santa Fe Solar Energy Center Santa Fe, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
43.7 mi	Rio De Oro Solar Energy Center Belen, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
44.2 mi	Los Alamos Pv Site Los Alamos, NM	Solar	1 MW	Los Alamos County
46.5 mi	Asg-8 Belen, NM	Solar	—	Affordable Solar Silver City, Llc
49.2 mi	Valencia Energy Facility Belen, NM	Natural Gas	160 MW	Valencia Power Llc
49.3 mi	La Luz Energy Center Belen, NM	Natural Gas	42 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
49.7 mi	Asg-4 Belen, NM	Solar	—	Affordable Solar Silver City, Llc
49.7 mi	Cuba 2.5ac, Llc Cuba, NM	Solar	3 MW	Cuba 2.5ac, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 44 power plants within 50 miles of Rio Rancho, New Mexico (ZIP 87144), with a combined 1,811 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 Sue Cleveland High School at 3.0 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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