Power Plants Near 87529 — El Prado, NM

12 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87529 (El Prado, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.4317, -105.5747 · County: Taos

Solar 77%Hydroelectric 23%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.6 mi	Taos Mesa Energy Facility Hybrid El Prado, NM	Solar	28 MW	Taos Mesa Energy Facility, Llc
6.3 mi	Syncarpha Taos Taos, NM	Solar	3 MW	Syncarpha Taos I, Llc
16.4 mi	Angel Fire Energy Facility Angel Fire, NM	Solar	11 MW	Angel Fire Energy Facility, Llc
18.3 mi	Syncarpha Eagle Nest Eagle Nest, NM	Solar	1 MW	Syncarpha Eagle Nest I, Llc
19.8 mi	Questa Solar Facility Questa, NM	Solar	1 MW	Chevron Technology Ventures
26.2 mi	Syncarpha Questa Cerro, NM	Solar	2 MW	Syncarpha Questa I, Llc
34.9 mi	Syncarpha El Rito El Rito, NM	Solar	2 MW	Syncarpha El Rito I, Llc
35.0 mi	Alcalde Solar Array Alcalde, NM	Solar	2 MW	Jemez Cuba Llc
37.7 mi	Kit Carson Amalia, NM	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
38.0 mi	Kit Carson Co-Op Amalia, NM	Battery Storage	—	Solar Dg Nm Amalia, Llc
40.0 mi	Blue Sky One Taos, NM	Solar	1 MW	Ssa Solar Of Nm, Llc
49.0 mi	Abiquiu Dam Abiquiu, NM	Hydroelectric	16 MW	Los Alamos County

Power generation near this area

There are 12 power plants within 50 miles of El Prado, New Mexico (ZIP 87529), with a combined 68 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 Taos Mesa Energy Facility Hybrid at 2.6 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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