Quail Ranch Solar and BESS
Battery storage power plant · Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Details
- Primary fuel
- Battery storage
- Technology
- Batteries
- Operator
- Quail Ranch Solar and Battery Energy Storage System
- County
- Bernalillo County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 1.12%
- Rank among battery storage plants in New Mexico
- #2 of 7
- EIA plant code
- 67204
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QRBES | Batteries | 100 MW | 100 MW | 2026 | Operating |
| QRPV | Solar Photovoltaic | 100 MW | 100 MW | 2025 | 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
| New Mexico Wind Energy Center | Wind | 204 MW |
| Escalante (NM) | Solar | 200 MW |
| TAG | Solar | 198 MW |
| Shallow Basket | Solar | 190 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