List of power stations in New Mexico


This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of New Mexico, sorted by type and name. In 2023, New Mexico had a total summer capacity of 10,724 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 39,269 GWh. The electrical energy generation mix in 2024 was 38.1% wind, 29.6% natural gas, 21% coal, and 10.8% solar PV. Biomass, geothermal, and hydroelectric generated less than a 1% share combined.
Small-scale solar including customer-owned photovoltaic panels delivered an additional net 801 GWh to New Mexico's electricity grid in 2024. This was less than one-fifth of the amount generated by the state's utility-scale photovoltaic plants.
New Mexico hosts the nation's only long-term underground repository for waste from nuclear weapons research and production, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad. Extraction of the state's nearby Permian Basin oil reserves for transportation and other uses rose to the nation's third highest, contributing 6% of total U.S. production in 2018. New Mexico's oil extraction included the flaring of over 35 billion cubic feet of associated petroleum gas in each of the years 2018 and 2019. This amount of wasted natural gas could have generated about 5,000 GWh of electrical energy, an amount equal to 14% of the state's total annual generation.

Fossil-fuel power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.

Renewable power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.

Geothermal

NameLocationCoordinatesCapacity
OperatorYear
opened
RefNote
Lightning DockAnimas, New MexicoCyrq Energy2014

Hydroelectric

NameLocationCoordinatesCapacity
OperatorYear
opened
Ref
Abiquiu DamAbiquiu LakeLos Alamos County1994
El Vado DamEl Vado LakeLos Alamos County1935
Elephant Butte DamElephant Butte28United States Bureau of Reclamation1916
Navajo DamNavajo Lake30City of Farmington1989

Solar photovoltaic

NameLocationCapacity
Year
opened
Ref
Buena Vista Energy Center1202023
Roswell Solar Energy Center702016
Chavez County Solar Energy Center702016
Macho Springs Solar Facility522014
NMRD Data Center III502023
Jicarilla Solar 1502023
Jicarilla Solar 2502022
Britton Solar Energy Center502019
Route 66 Energy Center2022
Encino Solar Energy Center502020
Chaves County Solar II302023
Cimarron Solar Facility302011
Alta Luna Solar Facility282016
Caprock Solar Facility252017
Hayhurst New Mexico Solar202023
Facebook 2-3 Solar Energy Center Bernalillo County202018
San Miguel Solar Energy Center202019
Roadrunner Solar Electric Facility202011
Taos Mesa Energy Facility Hybrid152022
Las Cruces Centennial Solar Farm122012
Santolina Solar Energy Center2015
SunE SPS4 Monument2011
SunE SPS5 Hopi2011
SunE SPS1 Dollarhide102011
SunE SPS2 Jal102011
SunE SPS3 Lea102011
South Valley Solar Energy Center102015
Rio Communities Solar Energy Center102015
Rio Rancho Solar Energy Center102019
Facebook 1 Solar Energy Center Valencia County102017
Vista Solar Energy Center102019
Rio De Oro Solar Energy Center102019
Angel Fire Energy Facility2023
Santa Fe Solar Energy Center2015
Meadow Lake Solar Energy Center2015
Manzano Solar2013
Otero Solar82013
City of Gallup Solar82018
Hatch Solar Energy Center52011
Eubank Landfill Solar Array22013
Questa Solar Facility12010
Los Alamos Photovoltaic Site12012

Wind

NameLocationCapacity
Year
opened
Ref
Sagamore Wind5222020
Red Cloud Wind3502021
Clines Corners Wind Farm3252021
Broadview Wind Project3242017
La Joya Wind Farm3062021
El Cabo Wind Farm2982018
Tecolote Wind2722021
Oso Grande Wind Farm2502021
Roosevelt Wind Farm2502015
Grady Wind Energy Center2019
New Mexico Wind Energy Center2042003
Aragonne Mesa Wind Project1452022
San Juan Mesa Wind Farm1202006
Duran Mesa Wind Farm1052021
Red Mesa Wind Energy Center2010
Borderlands Wind1002021
High Lonesome Mesa Wind Farm1002009
Aragonne Wind902006
Caprock Wind Ranch802005
Casa Mesa Wind Energy Center2018
Macho Springs Wind Facility502011
Milo Wind Project502016
Sterling Wind Facility2017
Wildcat Wind Facility2012
Anderson Wind Project152014