Power Plants Near 88221 — Carlsbad, NM

7 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 88221 (Carlsbad, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 32.3420, -104.2937 · County: Eddy

Solar 98%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.5 mi	Sps5 Hopi Carlsbad, NM	Solar	10 MW	Sune Sps5, Llc
7.0 mi	Carlsbad Carlsbad, NM	Natural Gas	—	Southwestern Public Service Co
20.3 mi	Hayhurst New Mexico Solar Malaga, NM	Solar	20 MW	Hayhurst New Mexico Solar
38.3 mi	Hayhurst Texas Solar Orla, TX	Solar	25 MW	Hayhurst Texas Solar
38.8 mi	Screwbean Van Horn, TX	Other Fossil	10 MW	Hen Infrastructure, L.l.c.
43.9 mi	Aragorn Solar Project Van Horn, TX	Solar	187 MW	Se Aragorn, Llc
45.4 mi	Titan Solar Project Van Horn, TX	Solar	260 MW	Se Titan, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 7 power plants within 50 miles of Carlsbad, New Mexico (ZIP 88221), with a combined 512 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 7 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sps5 Hopi at 3.5 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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