List of power stations in New Mexico

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Sources of New Mexico utility-scale electricity generation:
full-year 2022[1]

  Coal (32.5%)

  Natural Gas (26.7%)

  Hydroelectric (0.3%)

  Wind (35.4%)

  Biomass (0.1%)

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  Solar (4.8%)

  Geothermal (0.1%)

  Petroleum (0.1%)

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of New Mexico, sorted by type and name. In 2020, New Mexico had a total summer capacity of 9,098 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 34,076 GWh.[2] The corresponding electrical energy generation mix in 2021 was 35.5% coal, 28.4% natural gas, 30.2% wind, and 5% solar PV. Petroleum, biomass, geothermal and hydroelectric each generated less than a 0.5% share.[1]

Small-scale solar including customer-owned photovoltaic panels delivered an additional net 462 GWh to New Mexico’s electricity grid in 2021. This was about one-quarter of the amount generated by the state’s utility-scale photovoltaic plants.[1]

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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

Fossil-fuel power stations[edit]

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[6]

Coal[edit]

Petroleum[edit]

Natural gas[edit]

Renewable power stations[edit]

Lightning Dock Geothermal Plant

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[6]

Geothermal[edit]

Biomass[edit]

Hydroelectric[edit]

Solar photovoltaic[edit]

Wind[edit]

Storage power stations[edit]

Battery storage[edit]

References[edit]

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  7. ^ Four Corners Steam Plant
  8. ^ Four Corners worries about jobs as coal-fired plants power down
  9. ^ IEEFA U.S: Tribal investment in struggling coal-fired Four Corners plant will lose millions
  10. ^ Farmington announces agreement to keep San Juan Generating Station open
  11. ^ San Juan Generating Station
  12. ^ How San Juan Generating Station went from powerhouse to possible closure
  13. ^ Escalante Generating Station
  14. ^ Why the Award-Winning Escalante Generating Station Calls Gallup Home
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  27. ^ “Navajo Unit”. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
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  32. ^ PRC approves fast-tracking solar for Facebook data center
  33. ^ “PNM and Meta Celebrate the New Route 66 Solar Facility”. Grant County Beat. 2022-07-05. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  34. ^ PNM Solar
  35. ^ “Cimarron Solar Project”. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
  36. ^ Cimarron Solar Facility Begins Commercial Operation
  37. ^ Tri-State Announces 25-Megawatt Alta Luna Solar Project
  38. ^ North Carolina-based energy company’s large solar project in New Mexico is up and running
  39. ^ Facebook: Sustainable Data Centers
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  41. ^ NRG Solar begins operations at New Mexico’s Roadrunner facility
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  43. ^ El Paso Electric – Las Cruces Centennial Solar Farm
  44. ^ a b PNM holds dedication ceremony for South Valley and Santolina Solar Energy Centers
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  46. ^ PNM Holds Dedication Ceremony for Rio Communities Solar Energy Center
  47. ^ Facebook Data Center Solar Energy Generation
  48. ^ PNM Sustainability: Rio De Oro Solar Energy Center 1
  49. ^ PNM Holds Dedication Ceremony for Santa Fe County Solar Energy Center
  50. ^ PNM installs panels at Meadow Lake solar center
  51. ^ Work Begins at PNM Manzano Solar Energy Center Site
  52. ^ Otero Solar Power Plant
  53. ^ Standard Solar completes 9.8-MW solar farm in Gallup, New Mexico
  54. ^ Los Alamos County Department of Public Utilities Energy Resources
  55. ^ Lewis, Michelle (17 December 2020). “New Mexico’s largest wind farm is now online”. Electrek.
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  59. ^ Broadview Wind Project
  60. ^ WPED Staff (12 May 2020). “Avangrid Renewables starts construction on 306-MW New Mexico wind farm”. windpowerengineering.com.
  61. ^ Towers of Power: El Cabo plant is up and running
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  63. ^ Winchner, Dave (3 May 2021). “Tucson Electric turns on its biggest renewable-energy plants to date”. tucson.com.
  64. ^ Roosevelt Wind Farm
  65. ^ Pattern Energy: Grady Wind
  66. ^ New Mexico Wind Energy Center
  67. ^ Michael Bates (2022-02-24). “Leeward Concludes Construction of New Mexico Aragonne Wind Projects”. North American Wind Power. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  68. ^ San Juan Mesa Wind Farm
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  70. ^ Red Mesa Wind Energy Center
  71. ^ “Avangrid Renewables starts construction on 306-MW New Mexico wind farm”. tdworld.com. 7 Jan 2021.
  72. ^ N.M. Attracting Wind Farms; Newest One With 40-Story Turbines
  73. ^ Aragonne Mesa Wind Farm
  74. ^ Caprock Wind Ranch
  75. ^ NextEra Energy Resources Portfolio
  76. ^ Macho Springs Wind Facility
  77. ^ EDF RE’s Milo Wind Project begins commercial operation
  78. ^ Sterling Wind Facility
  79. ^ Wildcat Wind Facility
  80. ^ Goldman Sachs Unit Buys New Mexico Project From BayWa
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