List of power stations in New Mexico

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

Coal

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• The Four Corners Power Plant, although run by Public Service Co of Arizona is located in San Juan County, New Mexico, on the Navajo Nation, despite what the industry card says. It is the largest coal fired plant in the state.^[2]
• Plains Escalante
• San Juan

Natural gas

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• Animas
• Bluffview
• Chino Hurley
• Lea Power
• Luna
• Person
• Pyramid

Hydroelectric

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• Abiquiu
• Elephant Butte

Solar photovoltaic

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Commissioned	Status
Cimarron Solar Facility[5][6][7]	36°28′N 104°38′W / 36.467°N 104.633°W	37	2011	Operational
Roadrunner Solar Electric Facility[8]	31°48′N 106°40′W / 31.800°N 106.667°W	25	2011	Operational

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Wind

• New Mexico Wind Energy Center

Geothermal

• Lightning Dock near Animas, New Mexico^{[9][10][11][12]}

See also

• List of wind farms in the United States
• Geothermal energy in the United States

References

1. Industry Cards for Coal-Fired Power Plants in Arizona & New Mexico
2. http://www.powerplantjobs.com/ppj.nsf/powerplants1?openform&cat=nm&Count=500
3. Industry Cards for CCGT Plants in New Mexico
4. Industry Cards for Hydroelectric Plants in Arizona & New Mexico
5. Cimarron Solar Project
6. Cimarron Solar Facility Begins Commercial Operation
7. Cimarron Solar Facility
8. NRG Solar begins operations at New Mexico's Roadrunner facility
9. "Geothermal Resource Area: Lightning Dock Geothermal Area". OpenEI. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
10. 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.
11. Mayfield, Dan. "State’s first utility-scale geothermal plant heats up". Albuquerque Business First. American City Business Journals. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
12. 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.