Chaves Solar, LLC
Solar power plant · Chaves County, New Mexico
Nameplate capacity
70 MW
Rank in New Mexico
#50
of 169 plants
In service since
2016
October 2016
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Chaves Solar LLC
- County
- Chaves County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.39%
- Rank among solar plants in New Mexico
- #12 of 105
- EIA plant code
- 60405
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSPV | Solar Photovoltaic | 70 MW | 70 MW | 2016 | 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
| Lordsburg Generating | Natural gas | 88 MW |
| Bluffview | Natural gas | 86 MW |
| Jicarilla Solar 1 LLC | Solar | 70 MW |
| Roswell Solar, LLC | Solar | 70 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 70 MW solar plant and a 70 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