Power Plants Near 88048 — Mesquite, NM

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 88048 (Mesquite, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 32.1460, -106.6676 · County: Doña Ana

Natural Gas 91%Solar 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.3 mi	New Mexico Community Solar Facility Las Cruces, NM	Solar	—	El Paso Electric Co
10.7 mi	Nmsu Solar And Storage Las Cruces, NM	Solar	4 MW	El Paso Electric Co
10.7 mi	Afton Generating Station La Mesa, NM	Natural Gas	287 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
12.7 mi	New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM	Natural Gas	5 MW	New Mexico State University
16.1 mi	Sune Epe2 Llc Las Cruces, NM	Solar	12 MW	Sune Epe2, Llc
17.8 mi	Newman El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	1,110 MW	El Paso Electric Co
18.2 mi	Newman Solar El Paso, TX	Solar	11 MW	Newman Solar Llc
20.5 mi	Wsmr I White Sands Missile, NM	Solar	4 MW	Siemens Government Technologies Inc
20.6 mi	Sune Epe1 Llc Chaparral, NM	Solar	10 MW	Sune Epe1 Llc
23.0 mi	Buena Vista Energy Center Chaparral, NM	Solar	170 MW	Buena Vista Energy Center, Llc
23.5 mi	Nodal Power Sunland Park, NM	Biomass	3 MW	Energyneering Solutions, Inc
23.6 mi	Santa Teresa Solar Santa Teresa, NM	Battery Storage	—	Santa Teresa Solar
24.2 mi	Milagro Solar I Santa Teresa, NM	Solar	—	Milagro Solar I, Llc
24.4 mi	Roadrunner Solar Santa Teresa, NM	Solar	20 MW	Nrg Solar Roadrunner
24.6 mi	Rio Grande Sunland Park, NM	Natural Gas	398 MW	El Paso Electric Co
27.8 mi	Tenet Hospital El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	4 MW	Tenet Hospital Ltd
27.8 mi	Fort Bliss (Dea Epic) El Paso, TX	Solar	2 MW	Ameresco Federal Solutions
30.3 mi	Tjx 2021 Dg El Paso Dc El Paso, TX	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
30.9 mi	Phelps Dodge Refining El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	20 MW	Phelps Dodge Refining Corp
31.9 mi	Copper El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	87 MW	El Paso Electric Co
34.8 mi	Montana Power Station El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	527 MW	El Paso Electric Co
34.9 mi	Montana Solar Facility El Paso, TX	Solar	3 MW	El Paso Electric Co
47.0 mi	Chihuahuan Desert Solar San Elizario, TX	Solar	—	El Paso Electric Co
48.1 mi	Hatch Solar Energy Center I, Llc Hatch, NM	Solar	5 MW	Hatch Solar Energy Center I, Llc
49.6 mi	Hueco Mountain Wind Ranch Horizon City, TX	Wind	—	El Paso Electric Co

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Mesquite, New Mexico (ZIP 88048), with a combined 2,683 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is New Mexico Community Solar Facility at 8.3 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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