Power Plants Near 87533 — Espanola, NM

9 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87533 (Espanola, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.9866, -106.0654 · County: Rio Arriba

Solar 44%Natural Gas 42%Hydroelectric 14%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.4 mi	Alcalde Solar Array Alcalde, NM	Solar	2 MW	Jemez Cuba Llc
15.7 mi	Los Alamos Pv Site Los Alamos, NM	Solar	1 MW	Los Alamos County
24.8 mi	Syncarpha El Rito El Rito, NM	Solar	2 MW	Syncarpha El Rito I, Llc
26.5 mi	Abiquiu Dam Abiquiu, NM	Hydroelectric	16 MW	Los Alamos County
27.6 mi	Santa Fe Solar Energy Center Santa Fe, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
34.9 mi	Syncarpha Taos Taos, NM	Solar	3 MW	Syncarpha Taos I, Llc
40.0 mi	Taos Mesa Energy Facility Hybrid El Prado, NM	Solar	28 MW	Taos Mesa Energy Facility, Llc
47.2 mi	Algodones Algodones, NM	Natural Gas	45 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
49.3 mi	Cuba 2.5ac, Llc Cuba, NM	Solar	3 MW	Cuba 2.5ac, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 9 power plants within 50 miles of Espanola, New Mexico (ZIP 87533), with a combined 108 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 9 nearby plants. The closest plant is Alcalde Solar Array at 7.4 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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