Power Plants Near 87516 — Canones, NM

12 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87516 (Canones, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.1814, -106.4376 · County: Rio Arriba

Solar 94%Hydroelectric 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.1 mi	Abiquiu Dam Abiquiu, NM	Hydroelectric	16 MW	Los Alamos County
17.3 mi	Syncarpha El Rito El Rito, NM	Solar	2 MW	Syncarpha El Rito I, Llc
22.3 mi	Los Alamos Pv Site Los Alamos, NM	Solar	1 MW	Los Alamos County
23.0 mi	Alcalde Solar Array Alcalde, NM	Solar	2 MW	Jemez Cuba Llc
30.6 mi	Cuba 2.5ac, Llc Cuba, NM	Solar	3 MW	Cuba 2.5ac, Llc
32.8 mi	El Vado Dam Tierra Amarilla, NM	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Los Alamos County
41.0 mi	Jicarilla Solar 2 Dulce, NM	Solar	50 MW	Repsol Renewables Na
45.2 mi	Syncarpha Taos Taos, NM	Solar	3 MW	Syncarpha Taos I, Llc
46.1 mi	Santa Fe Solar Energy Center Santa Fe, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
47.7 mi	Jicarilla Solar 1 Llc Dulce, NM	Solar	70 MW	Repsol Renewables Na
48.9 mi	Taos Mesa Energy Facility Hybrid El Prado, NM	Solar	28 MW	Taos Mesa Energy Facility, Llc
48.9 mi	Shallow Basket Dulce, NM	Solar	190 MW	Shallow Basket Energy, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 12 power plants within 50 miles of Canones, New Mexico (ZIP 87516), with a combined 381 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 12 nearby plants. The closest plant is Abiquiu Dam at 4.1 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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