New Mexico Wind Energy Center
Wind power plant · Quay County, New Mexico
Nameplate capacity
204 MW
Rank in New Mexico
#26
of 174 plants
In service since
2003
September 2003
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- FPL Energy New Mexico Wind LLC
- County
- Quay County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 1.12%
- Rank among wind plants in New Mexico
- #13 of 31
- EIA plant code
- 56097
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GE15 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 204 MW | 204 MW | 2003 | 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
| Grady Wind Energy Center, LLC | Wind | 221 MW |
| Maddox | Natural gas | 212 MW |
| Escalante (NM) | Solar | 200 MW |
| Quail Ranch Solar and BESS | Solar | 200 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, August 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 204 MW solar plant and a 204 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