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Albuquerque Solar Energy Center

Solar power plant · Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Nameplate capacity
2.0 MW
Rank in New Mexico
#145
of 169 plants
In service since
2011
April 2011

Details

Primary fuel
Solar
Technology
Solar Photovoltaic
Operator
PNM Resources
County
Bernalillo County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.01%
Rank among solar plants in New Mexico
#83 of 105
EIA plant code
57567

Generating units

Individual generating units at Albuquerque Solar Energy Center
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
ASEC1Solar Photovoltaic2.0 MW2.0 MW2011Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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About this data

From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 2.0 MW solar plant and a 2.0 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.

“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All New Mexico power plants · What New Mexico actually generates