Power Plants Near 87417 — Kirtland, NM

18 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87417 (Kirtland, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.7410, -108.3510 · County: San Juan

Coal 79%Solar 15%Natural Gas 3%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.8 mi	Rockmont Solar And Storage Project Kirtland, NM	Solar	—	201lc 8me Llc
6.4 mi	San Juan Waterflow, NM	Coal	—	Public Service Co Of Nm
6.5 mi	Pinon Energy Center Waterflow, NM	Natural Gas	—	Public Service Co Of Nm
6.8 mi	Ntec Gas Plant Waterflow, NM	Natural Gas	—	Navajo Transitional Energy Company
7.0 mi	San Juan Solar I Kirtland, NM	Solar	300 MW	San Juan Solar I, Llc
7.7 mi	Bluffview Farmington, NM	Natural Gas	67 MW	City Of Farmington - (Nm)
8.0 mi	Four Corners Fruitland, NM	Coal	1,636 MW	Arizona Public Service Co
8.9 mi	Animas Farmington, NM	Natural Gas	—	City Of Farmington - (Nm)
21.5 mi	Blanco Compressor Station Bloomfield, NM	Natural Gas	—	Enterprise Products Optg Lp
22.7 mi	Milagro Cogeneration Plant Bloomfield, NM	Natural Gas	—	Harvest Midstream Co
37.9 mi	Lpea Sunnyside Solar 1 Facility Durango, CO	Solar	2 MW	La Plata Electric Assn, Inc
40.4 mi	Sun Bear Towaoec, CO	Battery Storage	—	Ms1
40.9 mi	Cortez Solar 3, Llc Cortez, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
41.1 mi	Navajo Dam Farmington, NM	Hydroelectric	30 MW	City Of Farmington - (Nm)
41.9 mi	Williams Ignacio Natural Gas Plant Durango, CO	Other Fossil	6 MW	Harvest Midstream Co
43.9 mi	Cortez Solar 1, Llc Cortez, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
46.4 mi	Cortez Solar 2, Llc Cortez, CO	Solar	5 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
49.1 mi	Towaoc Cortez, CO	Hydroelectric	11 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation

Power generation near this area

There are 18 power plants within 50 miles of Kirtland, New Mexico (ZIP 87417), with a combined 2,062 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 18 nearby plants. The closest plant is Rockmont Solar And Storage Project at 2.8 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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