List of power stations in New Mexico

The following page lists power stations in the U.S. state of New Mexico.

Coal
Name Image Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Year
Completed		 Scheduled Retirement Ref
Four Corners Generating Station
San Juan County 36°41′24″N 108°28′53″W 1,636 1969 - Unit 4
1970 - Unit 5
 Units 1, 2 & 3 retired in 2013, Unit 4 and 5 scheduled for 2031 [1][2][3]
San Juan Generating Station
San Juan County 36°48′02″N 108°26′19″W 924 1973 - Unit 1
1982 - Unit 4		 Units 2 and 3 retired in 2017, Units 1 and 4 retiring in 2022 [4][5][6]
Escalante Generating Station McKinley County 35°24′57″N 108°04′55″W 257 1984 End of 2020 [7][8][9]

Natural gas

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Name Location Capacity (MW) Operator Year opened
Afton Dona Ana County 287 Public service Co of NM 2002/2007
Algodones Sandoval County 45 Public service Co of NM 1954/1959
Las Animas San Juan County 18 City of Farmington 1994
Bluffview San Juan County 67 City of Farmington 2005
Chino Hurley Grant County 54 Freeport McMoRan Corp 1959/2001
Cunningham Lea County 519 Southwestern Public Service Co 1957/1965/1998
La Luz Valencia County 42,3 Public Service Co of NM 2015
Hobbs Lea County 665 Lea Power Partners 2008
LCEC Generation Lea County 46.5 Western Farmers Elec Coop, Inc 2012
Lordsburg Hidalgo County 88 Public Service Co of NM 2002
Luna Luna County 650 Public Service Co of NM 2006
Maddox Lea County 212 Southwestern Public Service Co 1963/1967/1976
Pyramid Hidalgo County 186 Tri-State G & T Assn, Inc 2003
Reeves Bernalillo County 154 Public Service Co of NM 1960/1962
Rio Bravo Bernalillo County 150 Public Service Co of NM 2000
Rio Grande Dona Ana County 372 El Paso Electric Co 1957/1958/1972/2013
Valencia Valencia County 159.5 Valencia Power LLC 2008

Hydroelectric

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Name Location Capacity (MW) Operator Year opened
Abiquiu Dam Abiquiu Lake 16.5 Los Alamos County 1994
El Vado Dam El Vado Lake 8 Los Alamos County 1935
Elephant Butte Dam Elephant Butte, New Mexico 28 United States Bureau of Reclamation 1916
Navajo Dam Navajo Lake 30 City of Farmington 1989

Solar photovoltaic
NameLocationCapacity
(MWAC)		CommissionedRef
Roswell Solar Energy Center33°27′11″N 104°27′40″W702016[12]
Chavez County Solar Energy Center33°27′00″N 104°27′22″W702016[12]
Macho Springs Solar Facility32°34′12″N 107°28′48″W522014[13]
Cimarron Solar Facility36°28′N 104°38′W302011[14][15]
Alta Luna Solar Facility32°34′19″N 107°29′11″W282016[16]
Caprock Solar Facility34°58′58″N 103°22′42″W252017[17]
Facebook 2-3 Solar Energy Center Bernalillo County35°04′48″N 106°51′54″W202018[18]
Roadrunner Solar Electric Facility31°48′N 106°40′W202011[19]
Las Cruces Centennial Solar Farm32°15′06″N 106°54′48″W122012[20]
Santolina Solar Energy Center35°01′06″N 106°51′20″W10.52015[21]
SunE SPS4 Monument32°40′55″N 103°18′13″W10.12011[22]
SunE SPS5 Hopi32°20′44″N 104°14′05″W10.12011[22]
SunE SPS1 Dollarhide32°07′39″N 103°08′16″W102011[22]
SunE SPS2 Jal32°11′01″N 103°10′59″W102011[22]
SunE SPS3 Lea32°28′11″N 103°19′24″W102011[22]
South Valley Solar Energy Center34°59′10″N 106°44′10″W102015[21]
Rio Communities Solar Energy Center34°34′57″N 106°40′59″W102015[23]
Facebook 1 Solar Energy Center Valencia County34°49′52″N 106°45′43″W102017[24]
Vista Solar Energy Center34°44′28″N 106°39′18″W102019[25]
Rio De Oro Solar Energy Center34°41′32″N 106°41′17″W102019[26]
Santa Fe Solar Energy Center35°33′41″N 106°05′10″W9.52015[27]
Meadow Lake Solar Energy Center34°48′36″N 106°31′12″W9.12015[28]
Manzano Solar34°44′48″N 106°39′16″W8.42013[29]
Otero Solar32°58′35″N 105°58′16″W82013[30]
City of Gallup Solar35°31′20″N 108°46′44″W82018[31]
Hatch Solar Energy Center32°37′34″N 107°15′32″W52011
Eubank Landfill Solar Array35°02′57″N 106°42′58″W22013
Questa Solar Facility36°43′01″N 105°36′34″W12010
Los Alamos Photovoltaic Site35°52′32″N 106°18′36″W12012[32]
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Wind
NameLocationCapacity
(MW)		CommissionedRef
Broadview Wind Project36°44′03″N 103°06′29″W3242017[33]
El Cabo Wind Farm34°39′04″N 105°27′42″W2982018[34]
Roosevelt Wind Farm33°55′34″N 103°30′40″W2502015[35]
Grady Wind Energy Center34°44′03″N 103°05′32″W220.52019[36]
New Mexico Wind Energy Center34°38′08″N 104°02′50″W2042003[37]
San Juan Mesa Wind Farm33°58′11″N 103°51′00″W1202006[38]
Red Mesa Wind Energy Center35°16′08″N 107°22′58″W102.42010[39]
High Lonesome Mesa Wind Farm34°28′00″N 105°57′45″W1002009[40]
Aragonne Mesa Wind Farm34°48′53″N 105°00′39″W902006[41]
Caprock Wind Ranch34°58′58″N 103°22′42″W802005[42]
Casa Mesa Wind Energy Center34°36′18″N 103°57′58″W50.92018[43]
Macho Springs Wind Facility32°33′16″N 107°30′33″W502011[44]
Milo Wind Project33°54′06″N 103°20′49″W502016[45]
Sterling Wind Facility33°21′35″N 103°15′02″W29.92017[46]
Wildcat Wind Facility32°57′10″N 103°17′07″W27.32012[47]
Anderson Wind Project33°00′50″N 103°51′54″W152014[48]
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Geothermal
Lightning Dock Geothermal Power Plant
Main article: List of geothermal power stations in the United States

See also

References
  1. Four Corners Steam Plant
  2. Four Corners worries about jobs as coal-fired plants power down
  3. IEEFA U.S: Tribal investment in struggling coal-fired Four Corners plant will lose millions
  4. Farmington announces agreement to keep San Juan Generating Station open
  5. San Juan Generating Station
  6. How San Juan Generating Station went from powerhouse to possible closure
  7. Escalante Generating Station
  8. Why the Award-Winning Escalante Generating Station Calls Gallup Home
  9. Paul, Jesse (2020-01-09). "Tri-State Generation to close all of its Colorado, New Mexico coal-fired power plants and coal mines — 3 locations — by 2030". The Colorado Sun. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  10. EIA New Mexico Overview
  11. EIA New Mexico Hydro Overview
  12. 140 MW Solar Farms in SE NM to Start Delivering Power
  13. Macho Springs - Fact Sheet
  14. "Cimarron Solar Project". Archived from the original on 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
  15. Cimarron Solar Facility Begins Commercial Operation
  16. Tri-State Announces 25-Megawatt Alta Luna Solar Project
  17. North Carolina-based energy company's large solar project in New Mexico is up and running
  18. Facebook: Sustainable Data Centers
  19. NRG Solar begins operations at New Mexico's Roadrunner facility
  20. El Paso Electric - Las Cruces Centennial Solar Farm
  21. PNM holds dedication ceremony for South Valley and Santolina Solar Energy Centers
  22. Hunt Institute for Global Competitiveness Solar Web Map
  23. PNM Holds Dedication Ceremony for Rio Communities Solar Energy Center
  24. Facebook Data Center Solar Energy Generation
  25. Table 6.3. New Utility Scale Generating Units by Operating Company, Plant, and Month, 2019
  26. PNM Sustainability: Rio De Oro Solar Energy Center 1
  27. PNM Holds Dedication Ceremony for Santa Fe County Solar Energy Center
  28. PNM installs panels at Meadow Lake solar center
  29. Work Begins at PNM Manzano Solar Energy Center Site
  30. Otero Solar Power Plant
  31. Standard Solar completes 9.8-MW solar farm in Gallup, New Mexico
  32. Los Alamos County Department of Public Utilities Energy Resources
  33. Broadview Wind Project
  34. Towers of Power: El Cabo plant is up and running
  35. Roosevelt Wind Farm
  36. Pattern Energy: Grady Wind
  37. New Mexico Wind Energy Center
  38. San Juan Mesa Wind Farm
  39. Red Mesa Wind Energy Center
  40. N.M. Attracting Wind Farms; Newest One With 40-Story Turbines
  41. Aragonne Mesa Wind Farm
  42. Caprock Wind Ranch
  43. NextEra Energy Resources Portfolio
  44. Macho Springs Wind Facility
  45. EDF RE’s Milo Wind Project begins commercial operation
  46. Sterling Wind Facility
  47. Wildcat Wind Facility
  48. Goldman Sachs Unit Buys New Mexico Project From BayWa
  49. "Geothermal Resource Area: Lightning Dock Geothermal Area". OpenEI. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  50. Dahal, Samir; McDonald, Mark R.; Bubach, Bailey; Crowell, Anna M. "Evaluation of Geothermal Potential of Lightning Dock KGRA, New Mexico". Geothermal Library. Geo Thermal Resource Council. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  51. Mayfield, Dan. "State's first utility-scale geothermal plant heats up". Albuquerque Business First. American City Business Journals. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  52. Economic Development Department Secretary Jon Barela, PNM Celebrate Opening of New Mexico's First Utility-Scale Geothermal Plant. http://www.nmnn.net/press/econdev011514-2.pdf. Accessed 6 February 2014. New Mexico Economic Development Department Press Release dated 15 January 2014.
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