Bluewater CDEC 1
Solar power plant · Cibola County, New Mexico
Nameplate capacity
2.4 MW
Rank in New Mexico
#143
of 169 plants
In service since
2019
December 2019
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLC
- County
- Cibola County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among solar plants in New Mexico
- #81 of 105
- EIA plant code
- 62994
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NMBW1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 2.4 MW | 2.4 MW | 2019 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in New Mexico
| Cuba 2.5ac, LLC | Solar | 2.5 MW |
| Alcalde Solar Array | Solar | 2.4 MW |
| GSE NM1 | Solar | 2.3 MW |
| Albuquerque Solar Energy Center | Solar | 2.0 MW |
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 2.4 MW solar plant and a 2.4 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