Power Plants Near 88431 — Newkirk, NM

9 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 88431 (Newkirk, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.0847, -104.2433 · County: Guadalupe

Wind 90%Oil 5%Solar 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
29.0 mi	Mesalands Comm College Wind Turbine Tucumcari, NM	Wind	2 MW	Mesalands Community College
29.7 mi	Quay County Tucumcari, NM	Oil	27 MW	Southwestern Public Service Co
30.2 mi	Tucumcari Tucumcari, NM	Oil	—	Southwestern Public Service Co
33.0 mi	New Mexico Wind Energy Center House, NM	Wind	204 MW	Fpl Energy New Mexico Wind Llc
36.7 mi	Casa Mesa Wind Energy Center Hybrid House, NM	Wind	52 MW	Casa Mesa Wind, Llc
44.7 mi	Aragonne Mesa Phase Ii Santa Rosa, NM	Wind	—	Pattern Operators Lp
47.3 mi	Aragonne Wind Llc Santa Rosa, NM	Wind	235 MW	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
49.4 mi	Caprock Solar 1 Llc San Jon, NM	Solar	25 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
49.4 mi	Caprock Solar 2 Llc San Jon, NM	Solar	—	Duke Energy Renewables Services

Power generation near this area

There are 9 power plants within 50 miles of Newkirk, New Mexico (ZIP 88431), with a combined 544 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 9 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mesalands Comm College Wind Turbine at 29.0 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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