Solar

Santa Fe Solar Energy Center

Name

Location

Generating Capacity (MW)

PNM-Owned Solar

Twenty-four sites in NM

157

NMRD-Owned Solar

Valencia & Bernalillo, NM

130

At PNM we've invested more than $270 million on large scale solar energy centers in New Mexico and we have more than 1 million solar panels at 19 different solar sites to provide 157 megawatts of clean energy for our state. These solar centers are capable of providing power to more than 40,000 average homes for a year.

Along with our universal-scale solar facilities, PNM currently has the largest customer-owned solar program in New Mexico. There are currently more than 13,000 solar customers interconnected to the PNM system which drives the local solar industry. And, since 2007, PNM has paid approximately $44.6 million to solar customers.

The combination of our universal-scale solar, Sky Blue Program and our Customer-owned Solar Program is a large part of why New Mexico ranks among the top states in the nation for per-capita installed solar generation.

Energy Resources: Resource Planning
 

PNM current and future resources:

Name Location Generation Capacity Installed
Sky Ranch Valencia 190 MW Under development
San Juan Solar San Juan 200 MW Under development
Atrisco Bernalillo 300 MW Under development
Encino North Bernalillo 50 MW Under development
Arroyo Solar McKinley 300 MW Under development
Jicarilla 1 Jicarilla Nation 50 MW Under development
Route 66 Cibola 50 MW May 2022
Jicarilla 2 Jicarilla Nation 50 MW April 2022
Encino Solar Energy Center Sandoval County 50 MW 2020
Facebook Data Center Valencia County 10 MW  2018
Facebook Data Center Bernalillo County Two 10 MW solar centers 2018
Santolina Bernalillo County 10.5 MW 2015
Rio Communities Valencia County 10 MW 2015
Santa Fe County Santa Fe County 9.5 MW 2015
South Valley Bernalillo County 10 MW 2015
Meadow Lake Valencia County 9 MW 2014
Cibola County Cibola County 8 MW 2014
Sandoval County Sandoval County 6.4 MW 2014
Otero County Otero County 7.5 MW 2013
Los Lunas Valencia County 9 MW 2013
Manzano Valencia County 8 MW 2013
Deming Deming 9 MW 2013
Albuquerque Albuquerque 2 MW 2011
Prosperity Solar Albuquerque 500 kw 2011
Alamogordo Alamogordo 5 MW 2011
Las Vegas Las Vegas 5 MW 2011