Power Plants Near 88211 — Artesia, NM

11 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 88211 (Artesia, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 32.7536, -104.3281 · County: Eddy

Wind 56%Solar 44%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
24.1 mi	Carlsbad Carlsbad, NM	Natural Gas	—	Southwestern Public Service Co
28.7 mi	Sps5 Hopi Carlsbad, NM	Solar	10 MW	Sune Sps5, Llc
32.3 mi	Anderson Wind Ii Hagerman, NM	Wind	10 MW	Chopin Wind, Llc
33.4 mi	Anderson Wind I Hagerman, NM	Wind	5 MW	Chopin Wind, Llc
38.0 mi	Gse Nm1 Dexter, NM	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
40.3 mi	Oso Grande Wind Farm Maljamar, NM	Wind	250 MW	Tucson Electric Power Co
42.6 mi	Sev Nm Phase 2 Roswell, NM	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
47.5 mi	Chaves County Solar Ii Roswell, NM	Solar	30 MW	Chaves County Solar Ii, Llc
48.2 mi	Hayhurst New Mexico Solar Malaga, NM	Solar	20 MW	Hayhurst New Mexico Solar
48.7 mi	Chaves Solar, Llc Roswell, NM	Solar	70 MW	Chaves Solar Llc
48.9 mi	Roswell Solar, Llc Roswell, NM	Solar	70 MW	Roswell Solar, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 11 power plants within 50 miles of Artesia, New Mexico (ZIP 88211), with a combined 469 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 11 nearby plants. The closest plant is Carlsbad at 24.1 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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