Power Plants Near 87539 — La Madera, NM

10 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87539 (La Madera, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.4654, -106.5785 · County: Rio Arriba

Solar 93%Hydroelectric 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.3 mi	El Vado Dam Tierra Amarilla, NM	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Los Alamos County
17.8 mi	Abiquiu Dam Abiquiu, NM	Hydroelectric	16 MW	Los Alamos County
23.5 mi	Syncarpha El Rito El Rito, NM	Solar	2 MW	Syncarpha El Rito I, Llc
37.1 mi	Cuba 2.5ac, Llc Cuba, NM	Solar	3 MW	Cuba 2.5ac, Llc
39.6 mi	Alcalde Solar Array Alcalde, NM	Solar	2 MW	Jemez Cuba Llc
39.9 mi	Jicarilla Solar 2 Dulce, NM	Solar	50 MW	Repsol Renewables Na
40.2 mi	Jicarilla Solar 1 Llc Dulce, NM	Solar	70 MW	Repsol Renewables Na
43.3 mi	Shallow Basket Dulce, NM	Solar	190 MW	Shallow Basket Energy, Llc
43.4 mi	Los Alamos Pv Site Los Alamos, NM	Solar	1 MW	Los Alamos County
44.9 mi	Blue Sky One Taos, NM	Solar	1 MW	Ssa Solar Of Nm, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 10 power plants within 50 miles of La Madera, New Mexico (ZIP 87539), with a combined 342 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 10 nearby plants. The closest plant is El Vado Dam at 12.3 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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