Power Plants Near 87530 — El Rito, NM

12 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87530 (El Rito, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.3647, -106.2192 · County: Rio Arriba

Solar 65%Hydroelectric 35%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.8 mi	Syncarpha El Rito El Rito, NM	Solar	2 MW	Syncarpha El Rito I, Llc
14.3 mi	Abiquiu Dam Abiquiu, NM	Hydroelectric	16 MW	Los Alamos County
21.4 mi	Alcalde Solar Array Alcalde, NM	Solar	2 MW	Jemez Cuba Llc
31.1 mi	Syncarpha Taos Taos, NM	Solar	3 MW	Syncarpha Taos I, Llc
32.6 mi	El Vado Dam Tierra Amarilla, NM	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Los Alamos County
33.7 mi	Taos Mesa Energy Facility Hybrid El Prado, NM	Solar	28 MW	Taos Mesa Energy Facility, Llc
34.2 mi	Los Alamos Pv Site Los Alamos, NM	Solar	1 MW	Los Alamos County
39.7 mi	Blue Sky One Taos, NM	Solar	1 MW	Ssa Solar Of Nm, Llc
41.7 mi	Questa Solar Facility Questa, NM	Solar	1 MW	Chevron Technology Ventures
46.6 mi	Syncarpha Questa Cerro, NM	Solar	2 MW	Syncarpha Questa I, Llc
47.1 mi	Cuba 2.5ac, Llc Cuba, NM	Solar	3 MW	Cuba 2.5ac, Llc
49.9 mi	San Luis Solar Garden Antonito, CO	Solar	1 MW	Aes Distributed Energy

Power generation near this area

There are 12 power plants within 50 miles of El Rito, New Mexico (ZIP 87530), with a combined 67 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 Syncarpha El Rito 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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