Escalante (NM)
Solar power plant · McKinley County, New Mexico
Nameplate capacity
200 MW
Rank in New Mexico
#27
of 169 plants
In service since
2024
June 2024
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Origis Energy USA, Inc
- County
- McKinley County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 1.12%
- Rank among solar plants in New Mexico
- #6 of 105
- EIA plant code
- 66888
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OESCL | Solar Photovoltaic | 200 MW | 200 MW | 2024 | 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
| Maddox | Natural gas | 212 MW |
| New Mexico Wind Energy Center | Wind | 204 MW |
| Quail Ranch Solar and BESS | Battery storage | 200 MW |
| TAG | Solar | 198 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 200 MW solar plant and a 200 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