Power Plants Near 88081 — Chaparral, NM

27 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 88081 (Chaparral, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 32.2239, -106.2631 · County: Otero

Natural Gas 91%Solar 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.9 mi	Buena Vista Energy Center Chaparral, NM	Solar	170 MW	Buena Vista Energy Center, Llc
11.7 mi	New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM	Natural Gas	5 MW	New Mexico State University
13.9 mi	Sune Epe1 Llc Chaparral, NM	Solar	10 MW	Sune Epe1 Llc
17.2 mi	Wsmr I White Sands Missile, NM	Solar	4 MW	Siemens Government Technologies Inc
19.3 mi	Newman El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	1,110 MW	El Paso Electric Co
19.5 mi	Newman Solar El Paso, TX	Solar	11 MW	Newman Solar Llc
27.7 mi	New Mexico Community Solar Facility Las Cruces, NM	Solar	—	El Paso Electric Co
27.8 mi	Montana Power Station El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	527 MW	El Paso Electric Co
28.0 mi	Fort Bliss (Dea Epic) El Paso, TX	Solar	2 MW	Ameresco Federal Solutions
28.5 mi	Nmsu Solar And Storage Las Cruces, NM	Solar	4 MW	El Paso Electric Co
28.5 mi	Montana Solar Facility El Paso, TX	Solar	3 MW	El Paso Electric Co
29.1 mi	Tjx 2021 Dg El Paso Dc El Paso, TX	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
32.6 mi	Phelps Dodge Refining El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	20 MW	Phelps Dodge Refining Corp
32.9 mi	Copper El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	87 MW	El Paso Electric Co
33.4 mi	Rio Grande Sunland Park, NM	Natural Gas	398 MW	El Paso Electric Co
34.3 mi	Tenet Hospital El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	4 MW	Tenet Hospital Ltd
34.5 mi	Nodal Power Sunland Park, NM	Biomass	3 MW	Energyneering Solutions, Inc
35.0 mi	Afton Generating Station La Mesa, NM	Natural Gas	287 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
37.0 mi	Milagro Solar I Santa Teresa, NM	Solar	—	Milagro Solar I, Llc
38.0 mi	Sune Epe2 Llc Las Cruces, NM	Solar	12 MW	Sune Epe2, Llc
38.3 mi	Roadrunner Solar Santa Teresa, NM	Solar	20 MW	Nrg Solar Roadrunner
38.6 mi	Hueco Mountain Wind Ranch Horizon City, TX	Wind	—	El Paso Electric Co
38.6 mi	Santa Teresa Solar Santa Teresa, NM	Battery Storage	—	Santa Teresa Solar
45.8 mi	Chihuahuan Desert Solar San Elizario, TX	Solar	—	El Paso Electric Co
46.9 mi	Alamogordo Solar Energy Center Alamogordo, NM	Solar	5 MW	Pnm Resources
48.8 mi	Felina Fabens, TX	Solar	—	El Paso Electric Co
49.4 mi	Holloman Solar Facility Holloman Air Force Ba, NM	Solar	5 MW	El Paso Electric Co

Power generation near this area

There are 27 power plants within 50 miles of Chaparral, New Mexico (ZIP 88081), with a combined 2,688 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 16 of the 27 nearby plants. The closest plant is Buena Vista Energy Center at 10.9 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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