Power Plants Near 87517 — Carson, NM

13 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87517 (Carson, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.3645, -105.7653 · County: Taos

Solar 77%Hydroelectric 23%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.9 mi	Syncarpha Taos Taos, NM	Solar	3 MW	Syncarpha Taos I, Llc
9.6 mi	Taos Mesa Energy Facility Hybrid El Prado, NM	Solar	28 MW	Taos Mesa Energy Facility, Llc
23.7 mi	Syncarpha El Rito El Rito, NM	Solar	2 MW	Syncarpha El Rito I, Llc
24.3 mi	Alcalde Solar Array Alcalde, NM	Solar	2 MW	Jemez Cuba Llc
25.8 mi	Questa Solar Facility Questa, NM	Solar	1 MW	Chevron Technology Ventures
27.2 mi	Angel Fire Energy Facility Angel Fire, NM	Solar	11 MW	Angel Fire Energy Facility, Llc
29.8 mi	Syncarpha Eagle Nest Eagle Nest, NM	Solar	1 MW	Syncarpha Eagle Nest I, Llc
32.4 mi	Syncarpha Questa Cerro, NM	Solar	2 MW	Syncarpha Questa I, Llc
37.6 mi	Abiquiu Dam Abiquiu, NM	Hydroelectric	16 MW	Los Alamos County
39.5 mi	Blue Sky One Taos, NM	Solar	1 MW	Ssa Solar Of Nm, Llc
45.4 mi	Kit Carson Amalia, NM	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
45.4 mi	Los Alamos Pv Site Los Alamos, NM	Solar	1 MW	Los Alamos County
45.6 mi	Kit Carson Co-Op Amalia, NM	Battery Storage	—	Solar Dg Nm Amalia, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 13 power plants within 50 miles of Carson, New Mexico (ZIP 87517), with a combined 69 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 11 of the 13 nearby plants. The closest plant is Syncarpha Taos at 5.9 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.

← Search a different location · Printable proximity report →