Power Plants Near 87575 — Tierra Amarilla, NM

8 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87575 (Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.6805, -106.5570 · County: Rio Arriba

Solar 77%Hydroelectric 23%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.4 mi	El Vado Dam Tierra Amarilla, NM	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Los Alamos County
31.3 mi	Abiquiu Dam Abiquiu, NM	Hydroelectric	16 MW	Los Alamos County
31.6 mi	Syncarpha El Rito El Rito, NM	Solar	2 MW	Syncarpha El Rito I, Llc
35.3 mi	Blue Sky One Taos, NM	Solar	1 MW	Ssa Solar Of Nm, Llc
40.0 mi	San Luis Solar Garden Antonito, CO	Solar	1 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
47.3 mi	Jicarilla Solar 1 Llc Dulce, NM	Solar	70 MW	Repsol Renewables Na
47.7 mi	Conejos 1 Community Solar Array La Jara, CO	Solar	2 MW	Mn8 Energy Llc
49.8 mi	Alcalde Solar Array Alcalde, NM	Solar	2 MW	Jemez Cuba Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 8 power plants within 50 miles of Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico (ZIP 87575), with a combined 102 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 8 nearby plants. The closest plant is El Vado Dam at 11.4 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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