Power Plants Near 87828 — Polvadera, NM

13 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87828 (Polvadera, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.2059, -106.9167 · County: Socorro

Solar 60%Natural Gas 40%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
28.5 mi	Asg-4 Belen, NM	Solar	—	Affordable Solar Silver City, Llc
28.9 mi	La Luz Energy Center Belen, NM	Natural Gas	42 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
29.2 mi	Rio Communities Solar Energy Center Rio Communities, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
29.9 mi	Valencia Energy Facility Belen, NM	Natural Gas	160 MW	Valencia Power Llc
31.7 mi	Asg-8 Belen, NM	Solar	—	Affordable Solar Silver City, Llc
36.0 mi	Rio De Oro Solar Energy Center Belen, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
39.9 mi	Vista Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	10 MW	Pnm Resources
40.2 mi	Manzano Solar Los Lunas, NM	Solar	8 MW	Pnm Resources
40.6 mi	Sky Ranch Solar Belen, NM	Solar	240 MW	Sky Ranch Solar And Storage
40.6 mi	Sky Ranch Bess Ii Belen, NM	Battery Storage	—	Sky Ranch Bess Ii
44.1 mi	Facebook 1 Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	10 MW	Exus New Mexico
44.1 mi	Los Lunas Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	7 MW	Pnm Resources
47.5 mi	Meadow Lake Solar Energy Center Los Lunas, NM	Solar	9 MW	Pnm Resources

Power generation near this area

There are 13 power plants within 50 miles of Polvadera, New Mexico (ZIP 87828), with a combined 506 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 13 nearby plants. The closest plant is Asg-4 at 28.5 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.

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