How many solar farms are in New Mexico?

New Mexico has 114 operating utility-scale solar farms with 3.3 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest solar farm in New Mexico?

Arroyo Solar Energy Storage Hybrid in McKinley County, New Mexico is the largest, at 300 MW. It came online in 2024.

How many solar farms were built in New Mexico in 2025?

16 solar farms came online in New Mexico in 2025, with 588 MW of capacity.

Who is developing solar farms in New Mexico?

Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

Solar farms in New Mexico

New Mexico has 114 operating solar farms with 3.3 GW of capacity. 16 came online in 2025.

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See planned solar farms in New Mexico

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 50 MW50–249 MW250 MW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

New Mexico had 45 solar farms online in 2016 and 114 in 2026

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Solar farms online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest solar farms in New Mexico

Operating, by capacity

#	Solar farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Arroyo Solar Energy Storage Hybrid	McKinley County	2024	300 MW
2	Atrisco Solar LLC	Bernalillo County	2024	300 MW
3	San Juan Solar I	San Juan County	2024	200 MW
4	Escalante (NM)	McKinley County	2024	200 MW
5	Sky Ranch Solar	Valencia County	2024	190 MW
6	Milagro Solar I	Dona Ana County	2025	150 MW
7	Santa Teresa Solar	Dona Ana County	2026	150 MW
8	TAG	Sandoval County	2025	140 MW
9	Shallow Basket	Rio Arriba County	2025	140 MW
10	Solar PV Development NM 18 II LLC	Luna County	2026	130 MW

Solar farms that came online most recently in New Mexico

Newest first

#	Solar farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	SLO-2	Sandoval County	2026	5 MW
2	Pluma - SLT Grant	Grant County	2026	5 MW
3	Santa Teresa Solar	Dona Ana County	2026	150 MW
4	Juniper Sol Solar CSG	Santa Fe County	2026	5 MW
5	Rockhound Sol Solar CSG	Luna County	2026	4 MW
6	Pluma - SLT Hidalgo CSG	Hidalgo County	2026	4 MW
7	Solar PV Development NM 18 II LLC	Luna County	2026	130 MW
8	Cunningham Solar I & BESS	Lea County	2026	72 MW
9	Pluma - Clovis Concrete North CSG	Curry County	2026	3 MW
10	XCEL-1 Community Solar	Chaves County	2026	5 MW

The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks solar farms

Operating solar farms come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about solar farms in New Mexico

How many solar farms are in New Mexico?: New Mexico has 114 operating utility-scale solar farms with 3.3 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest solar farm in New Mexico?: Arroyo Solar Energy Storage Hybrid in McKinley County, New Mexico is the largest, at 300 MW. It came online in 2024.
How many solar farms were built in New Mexico in 2025?: 16 solar farms came online in New Mexico in 2025, with 588 MW of capacity.
Who is developing solar farms in New Mexico?: Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.