Power Plants Near 87581 — Vallecitos, NM

16 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87581 (Vallecitos, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.5286, -106.1448 · County: Rio Arriba

Solar 70%Hydroelectric 30%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.8 mi	Syncarpha El Rito El Rito, NM	Solar	2 MW	Syncarpha El Rito I, Llc
25.2 mi	Abiquiu Dam Abiquiu, NM	Hydroelectric	16 MW	Los Alamos County
27.6 mi	Blue Sky One Taos, NM	Solar	1 MW	Ssa Solar Of Nm, Llc
29.0 mi	Syncarpha Taos Taos, NM	Solar	3 MW	Syncarpha Taos I, Llc
29.8 mi	Taos Mesa Energy Facility Hybrid El Prado, NM	Solar	28 MW	Taos Mesa Energy Facility, Llc
30.8 mi	Alcalde Solar Array Alcalde, NM	Solar	2 MW	Jemez Cuba Llc
32.4 mi	Questa Solar Facility Questa, NM	Solar	1 MW	Chevron Technology Ventures
32.9 mi	El Vado Dam Tierra Amarilla, NM	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Los Alamos County
36.5 mi	Syncarpha Questa Cerro, NM	Solar	2 MW	Syncarpha Questa I, Llc
37.9 mi	San Luis Solar Garden Antonito, CO	Solar	1 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
46.1 mi	Los Alamos Pv Site Los Alamos, NM	Solar	1 MW	Los Alamos County
47.0 mi	Conejos 1 Community Solar Array La Jara, CO	Solar	2 MW	Mn8 Energy Llc
48.2 mi	Syncarpha Eagle Nest Eagle Nest, NM	Solar	1 MW	Syncarpha Eagle Nest I, Llc
48.6 mi	Angel Fire Energy Facility Angel Fire, NM	Solar	11 MW	Angel Fire Energy Facility, Llc
49.5 mi	Kit Carson Amalia, NM	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
49.7 mi	Kit Carson Co-Op Amalia, NM	Battery Storage	—	Solar Dg Nm Amalia, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 16 power plants within 50 miles of Vallecitos, New Mexico (ZIP 87581), with a combined 79 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 16 nearby plants. The closest plant is Syncarpha El Rito at 13.8 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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