Power Plants Near 87323 — Thoreau, NM

9 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87323 (Thoreau, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.3976, -108.1604 · County: Mckinley

Solar 72%Wind 28%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.5 mi	Escalante (Nm) Grants, NM	Solar	200 MW	Origis Energy Usa, Inc
4.6 mi	Escalante Prewitt, NM	Coal	—	Tri-State G & T Assn, Inc
16.0 mi	Bluewater Cdec 1 Bluewater, NM	Solar	2 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
26.1 mi	Grants Cdec 2 Grants, NM	Solar	5 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
34.6 mi	Route 66 Energy Storage San Fidel, NM	Battery Storage	—	Route 66 Energy Storage
35.9 mi	City Of Gallup Solar Gallup, NM	Solar	8 MW	Standard Solar
37.1 mi	Route 66 Energy Center, Llc San Fidel, NM	Solar	50 MW	Route 66 Energy Center, Llc
43.6 mi	Wildcat Solar Power Plant Llc Gallup, NM	Solar	—	Solariant Capital, Llc
44.7 mi	Red Mesa Wind Llc Seboyeta, NM	Wind	102 MW	Red Mesa Wind Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 9 power plants within 50 miles of Thoreau, New Mexico (ZIP 87323), with a combined 367 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 9 nearby plants. The closest plant is Escalante (Nm) at 4.5 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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