Power Plants Near 88062 — Silver City, NM

12 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 88062 (Silver City, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 32.7282, -108.1379 · County: Grant

Natural Gas 85%Solar 8%Wind 4%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.4 mi	Chino Mines Hurley, NM	Natural Gas	54 MW	Freeport-Mcmoran-Corp-Chino Mines
6.5 mi	Silver City Wwtp Pv Project Silver City, NM	Solar	1 MW	Affordable Solar Silver City, Llc
13.9 mi	Freeport Mcmoran Tyrone, NM	Oil	30 MW	Freeport Mcmoran Inc
36.1 mi	Luna Energy Facility Deming, NM	Natural Gas	650 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
38.5 mi	Macho Springs Power I Deming, NM	Wind	50 MW	Capital Power Corporation
39.2 mi	Carne Energy Storage, Llc Deming, NM	Battery Storage	—	Carne Energy Storage, Llc
39.2 mi	Solar Pv Development Nm 18 Ii Llc Deming, NM	Solar	—	Solar Pv Development Nm 18 Ii Llc
39.4 mi	Alta Luna Deming, NM	Solar	28 MW	Tpe Alta Luna, Llc
39.8 mi	Macho Springs Deming, NM	Solar	55 MW	Southern Power Co
41.6 mi	Pyramid Lordsburg, NM	Natural Gas	186 MW	Tri-State G & T Assn, Inc
41.8 mi	Lordsburg Generating Lordsburg, NM	Natural Gas	88 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
44.9 mi	Deming Solar Energy Center Deming, NM	Solar	9 MW	Pnm Resources

Power generation near this area

There are 12 power plants within 50 miles of Silver City, New Mexico (ZIP 88062), with a combined 1,152 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 12 nearby plants. The closest plant is Chino Mines at 2.4 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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