Power Plants Near 88004 — Las Cruces, NM

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 88004 (Las Cruces, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 32.4181, -106.8201 · County: Doña Ana

Natural Gas 83%Solar 15%Wind 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.1 mi	Nmsu Solar And Storage Las Cruces, NM	Solar	4 MW	El Paso Electric Co
12.5 mi	New Mexico Community Solar Facility Las Cruces, NM	Solar	—	El Paso Electric Co
12.7 mi	Sune Epe2 Llc Las Cruces, NM	Solar	12 MW	Sune Epe2, Llc
20.1 mi	Wsmr I White Sands Missile, NM	Solar	4 MW	Siemens Government Technologies Inc
21.1 mi	Afton Generating Station La Mesa, NM	Natural Gas	287 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
27.8 mi	New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM	Natural Gas	5 MW	New Mexico State University
29.5 mi	Hatch Solar Energy Center I, Llc Hatch, NM	Solar	5 MW	Hatch Solar Energy Center I, Llc
37.6 mi	Newman El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	1,110 MW	El Paso Electric Co
38.1 mi	Newman Solar El Paso, TX	Solar	11 MW	Newman Solar Llc
38.6 mi	Sune Epe1 Llc Chaparral, NM	Solar	10 MW	Sune Epe1 Llc
39.6 mi	Buena Vista Energy Center Chaparral, NM	Solar	170 MW	Buena Vista Energy Center, Llc
39.9 mi	Macho Springs Deming, NM	Solar	55 MW	Southern Power Co
40.3 mi	Alta Luna Deming, NM	Solar	28 MW	Tpe Alta Luna, Llc
41.3 mi	Macho Springs Power I Deming, NM	Wind	50 MW	Capital Power Corporation
42.9 mi	Santa Teresa Solar Santa Teresa, NM	Battery Storage	—	Santa Teresa Solar
44.0 mi	Nodal Power Sunland Park, NM	Biomass	3 MW	Energyneering Solutions, Inc
44.1 mi	Roadrunner Solar Santa Teresa, NM	Solar	20 MW	Nrg Solar Roadrunner
44.2 mi	Milagro Solar I Santa Teresa, NM	Solar	—	Milagro Solar I, Llc
45.3 mi	Rio Grande Sunland Park, NM	Natural Gas	398 MW	El Paso Electric Co
48.3 mi	Fort Bliss (Dea Epic) El Paso, TX	Solar	2 MW	Ameresco Federal Solutions
48.5 mi	Tenet Hospital El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	4 MW	Tenet Hospital Ltd

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Las Cruces, New Mexico (ZIP 88004), with a combined 2,179 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Nmsu Solar And Storage at 10.1 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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