Power Plants Near 87151 — Albuquerque, NM

45 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87151 (Albuquerque, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.0230, -106.8556 · County: Bernalillo

Solar 48%Natural Gas 30%Battery Storage 16%Wind 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.5 mi	Santolina Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	11 MW	Pnm Resources
3.6 mi	Facebook 3 Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
4.0 mi	Facebook 2 Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
7.2 mi	South Valley Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
10.5 mi	Southside Water Reclamation Plant Albuquerque, NM	Biomass	7 MW	Albuquerque City Of
11.2 mi	City Of Rio Rancho Wwtp Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	1 MW	Exus New Mexico
11.5 mi	Atrisco Solar Llc Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	300 MW	Atrisco Solar Llc
12.0 mi	Rio Bravo Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	150 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
12.2 mi	Quail Ranch Solar And Bess Rio Rancho, NM	Battery Storage	—	Quail Ranch Solar And Battery Energy Storage System
12.4 mi	Prosperity Energy Storage Facility Hybri Albuquerque, NM	Solar	1 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
12.4 mi	Atrisco Energy Storage Rio Rancho, NM	Battery Storage	300 MW	Atrisco Energy Storage Llc
13.7 mi	Ford Utilities Center Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	15 MW	University Of New Mexico
13.9 mi	Los Lunas Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	7 MW	Pnm Resources
14.3 mi	Facebook 1 Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
15.4 mi	Univ New Mexico Cogen Plant Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	—	University Of New Mexico
17.2 mi	Tag Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	—	Exus New Mexico
17.3 mi	Sky Ranch Solar Belen, NM	Solar	240 MW	Sky Ranch Solar And Storage
17.3 mi	Sky Ranch Bess Ii Belen, NM	Battery Storage	—	Sky Ranch Bess Ii
17.6 mi	Reeves Albuquerque, NM	Natural Gas	154 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
17.6 mi	Albuquerque Solar Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Solar	2 MW	Pnm Resources
18.2 mi	Sandoval Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	6 MW	Pnm Resources
18.5 mi	Eubank Landfill Solar Array Albuquerque, NM	Solar	2 MW	Suncore Photovoltaics, Inc
18.7 mi	Sandia Energy Center Albuquerque, NM	Battery Storage	—	Pnm Resources
19.6 mi	Rc Energy Aa Llc Solar Facility Albuquerque, NM	Solar	1 MW	Rc Energy Aa Llc
19.8 mi	Rio Rancho High School Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
21.9 mi	Rio Rancho Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	10 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
22.9 mi	Encino Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho Estates, NM	Solar	55 MW	Exus New Mexico
23.0 mi	Sue Cleveland High School Rio Rancho, NM	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
24.0 mi	Nmrd Data Center Iii, Llc Rio Ranchero, NM	Solar	50 MW	Exus New Mexico
24.0 mi	Meadow Lake Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	9 MW	Pnm Resources
24.8 mi	Rio De Oro Solar Energy Center Belen, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
25.2 mi	Cibola Seboyeta, NM	Solar	8 MW	Pnm Resources
25.4 mi	Asg-8 Belen, NM	Solar	—	Affordable Solar Silver City, Llc
28.2 mi	La Luz Energy Center Belen, NM	Natural Gas	42 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
28.6 mi	Asg-4 Belen, NM	Solar	—	Affordable Solar Silver City, Llc
29.3 mi	Valencia Energy Facility Belen, NM	Natural Gas	160 MW	Valencia Power Llc
32.0 mi	Rio Communities Solar Energy Center Rio Communities, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
33.3 mi	Algodones Algodones, NM	Natural Gas	45 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
34.3 mi	Red Mesa Wind Llc Seboyeta, NM	Wind	102 MW	Red Mesa Wind Llc
42.9 mi	Britton Solar Energy Center Moriarty, NM	Solar	50 MW	Exus New Mexico
43.2 mi	Route 66 Energy Center, Llc San Fidel, NM	Solar	50 MW	Route 66 Energy Center, Llc
48.4 mi	Route 66 Energy Storage San Fidel, NM	Battery Storage	—	Route 66 Energy Storage
48.5 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 Albuquerque, New Mexico (ZIP 87151), with a combined 1,859 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 Santolina Solar Energy Center at 0.5 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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