List of power stations in Texas

Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
Austin
El Paso
Martin Lake
Monticello
Spruce
Denison
Comanche Peak
South Texas
Channel
Roscoe
Horse Hollow
Capricorn Ridge
Sabine
Forney
Midlothian
Brazos
Jones
Plant X
Decker
Tolk
Wildorado
Location of power stations in Texas
Nuclear, Gas, Hydroelectric, Coal, Wind / Solar / Biomass
Cities


Texas has a wide variety of energy sources, although dominated by natural gas and coal.[1]

Biomass

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Name Location Coordinates Capacity (MW) Refs
Aspen Biomass Power Plant Lufkin 31°22′9″N 94°44′22″W / 31.36917°N 94.73944°W 44 [2]
Nacogdoches Generating Facility Nacogdoches County 34°49′55″N 94°54′00″W / 34.832°N 94.9°W 100 [3]
Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers Santa Rosa 26°16′11″N 97°52′0″W / 26.26972°N 97.86667°W 23.5 [2]
Snider Industries Marshall 32°34′45″N 94°22′27″W / 32.57917°N 94.37417°W 5 [2]
Texarkana Mill Cass County 33°15′27″N 94°04′17″W / 33.25750°N 94.07139°W 65 [4]
Woodville Renewable Power Woodville 30°44′56″N 94°26′10″W / 30.74889°N 94.43611°W 49 [2]

Coal

Name Location Coordinates Capacity Refs
Big Brown Fairfield 31°49′14″N 96°03′22″W / 31.82056°N 96.05611°W 1,187 [5]
Coleto Creek 632 [6]
Deely 892 [6]
Fayette La Grange, in Fayette County 29°55′02″N 97°14′58″W / 29.91722°N 97.24944°W 1,625 [7]
Gibbons Creek 480 [6]
Harrington Potter County 35°17′50″N 101°44′51″W / 35.29722°N 101.74750°W 1,080 [6]|-
Limestone Jewett 31°25′27″N 96°15′13″W / 31.42417°N 96.25361°W 1,706 [8]
Martin Lake Rusk County 32°15′35″N 94°34′13″W / 32.25972°N 94.57028°W 2,379 [9] [6]
Monticello Titus County 1,980 [6]
Oak Grove Franklin 31°10′48″N 96°29′30″W / 31.18000°N 96.49167°W 1,600
Oklaunion Vernon 34°04′57″N 99°10′21″W / 34.08250°N 99.17250°W 720 [6]
Pirkey Hallsville 32°27′37″N 94°29′11″W / 32.46028°N 94.48639°W 721 [6]
Sandow Milam County 30°33′51″N 97°03′50″W / 30.56417°N 97.06389°W 1,569 [6] [10] [11]
Sandy Creek Riesel 31°28′29″N 96°57′23″W / 31.47472°N 96.95639°W 925 [6]
Spruce Bexar County 29°18′27″N 98°19′25″W / 29.30750°N 98.32361°W 1,444 [6]
Tolk Lamb County 34°11′05″N 102°35′53″W / 34.18472°N 102.59806°W 1,136 [6]
W. A. Parish
(units 5 to 8)		 Houston 29°28′34″N 95°38′0″W / 29.47611°N 95.63333°W [6]
Welsh Mount Pleasant, Texas 33°03′17″N 94°50′24″W / 33.05472°N 94.84000°W 1,674 [6] [12]

Natural gas

[13] [14][15]

Name Location Coordinates Capacity Refs
Bastrop Energy Center Bastrop County 30°08′46″N 97°33′00″W / 30.146°N 97.55°W 540 [15]
Black Hawk 225 [14]
Brazos Valley 520 [15]
Channel Energy Center Pasadena 29°43′7″N 95°13′56″W / 29.71861°N 95.23222°W 715 [16]
Channelview 29°50′08″N 95°07′27″W / 29.83556°N 95.12417°W 830 [17] [15]
Colorado Bend 550 [18] [19] [15]
Decker Creek Power Station Austin 30°18′14″N 97°36′43″W / 30.304°N 97.612°W 927 [13]
Decordova [14]
Deer Park 29°42′55″N 95°08′10″W / 29.71528°N 95.13611°W 830 [20] [15]
Eagle Mountain [13]
Ennis [14]
Forney Energy Center 32°45′46″N 96°29′00″W / 32.76278°N 96.48333°W 1,784 [21]
Freestone [14]
Frontera 500 [15]
Graham [13]
Gregory 550
Guadalupe 29°37′32″N 98°08′28″W / 29.62556°N 98.14111°W 1,000 [22] [15]
Handley [13]
Hays County 29°46′50″N 97°59′22″W / 29.78056°N 97.98944°W 1,100 [23] [15]
Jack County 620 [15]
Jones Generating Station Lubbock County 33°31′27.5″N 101°44′23″W / 33.524306°N 101.73972°W 655 [24]
Knox Lee Power Station Gregg County 32°22′38″N 94°38′29″W / 32.3770976°N 94.6413185°W 501 [25]
Lake Hubbard [13]
Lewis Creek Willis, TX
Lost Pines 1 Bastrop County 511 [26]
Magic Valley 771
Midlothian Ellis County 32°25′48″N 97°03′18″W / 32.43000°N 97.05500°W 1,734 [14] [27]
Mountain Creek [13]
Mustang 490 [14]
Odessa Ector Ector County 31°50′16″N 102°19′40″W / 31.83778°N 102.32778°W 1,135 [14] [28]
Oyster Creek 425
Plant X Lamb County 34°09′57″N 102°24′38″W / 34.16583°N 102.41056°W 442
Rio Nogales 800 [15]
Sabine Orange County 30°01′27″N 93°52′30″W / 30.02417°N 93.87500°W 2051 [13] [29]
Sam Berton [13]
Sam Rayburn 191 [15]
Sam Gideon Bastrop County 608 [30]
Sand Hill Energy Center Travis County 30°12′32″N 97°36′47″W / 30.209°N 97.613°W 570 [15]
Texas City Cogen 450
Thomas C. Ferguson (Replacement Project) Burnet County 540 (est.) [31]
W. A. Parish
(units 1 to 4)
Wilkes Power Plant Marion County 32°50′53″N 94°32′52″W / 32.84806°N 94.54778°W 879
Winchester Power Park Fayette County 176 [32]
Wolf Hollow Hood County 32°20′05″N 97°44′04″W / 32.33472°N 97.73444°W 810 [14] [33]

Hydroelectric dams

Name Location Coordinates Capacity (MW) Refs
Amistad Dam Val Verde 66 [34]
Buchanan Dam Burnet & Llano 54.9 [35]
Denison Dam Grayson County 70 [36]
Falcon Dam Starr 31.5 [37]
Inks Dam Llano 13.8 [38]
Mansfield Dam Travis 30°23′32″N 97°54′26″W 108 [39]
Sam Rayburn Dam Jasper 52 [40]
Starcke Dam Burnet 41.4 [41]
Toledo Bend Dam Texas/Louisiana Border 83 [42]
Tom Miller Dam Travis 17 [43]
Whitney Lake Powerhouse Bosque & Hill 31°52′01″N 97°22′15″W 30 [44]
Wirtz Dam Llano & Burnet 30°33′20″N 98°20′16″W 60 [45]

Wind farms

Name Location Coordinates Capacity Refs
Anacacho Wind Farm Kinney 29°11′41″N 100°11′16″W / 29.19472°N 100.18778°W 100
Buffalo Gap Wind Farm Nolan and Taylor Counties 32°18′38″N 100°08′57″W / 32.31056°N 100.14917°W 523.3
Brazos Wind Farm Scurry County 32°57′00″N 101°08′49″W / 32.95000°N 101.14694°W 160 [46]
Camp Springs Energy Center Scurry County 32°43′56″N 100°48′28″W / 32.73222°N 100.80778°W 250.5 [46]
Capricorn Ridge Wind Farm Coke and Sterling Counties 31°54′11″N 100°54′04″W / 31.90306°N 100.90111°W 662.5
Desert Sky Wind Farm Pecos County 30°54′57″N 102°6′29″W / 30.91583°N 102.10806°W 160.5 [46]
Elbow Creek Wind Project Howard County 32°12′57″N 101°25′51″W / 32.21583°N 101.43083°W 121.9 [46]
Goat Mountain Wind Ranch Coke and Sterling Counties 31°57′5″N 100°47′55″W / 31.95139°N 100.79861°W 149.6 [46]
Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center Nolan and Taylor Counties 32°11′24″N 100°01′48″W / 32.19000°N 100.03000°W 735.5
Keechi Wind Project Jack County 31°31′1″N 95°57′12″W / 31.51694°N 95.95333°W 110
King Mountain Wind Farm Upton County 31°14′16″N 102°14′16″W / 31.23778°N 102.23778°W 278.2
Lone Star Wind Farm Shackelford and Callahan Counties 32°16′22″N 99°27′22″W / 32.27278°N 99.45611°W 400
Panther Creek Wind Farm Big Spring 31°59′00″N 101°7′00″W / 31.98333°N 101.11667°W 457.5
Penascal Wind Farm Kenedy 27°6′44″N 97°32′26″W / 27.11222°N 97.54056°W 403.2 [46]
Rocksprings Wind Farm Val Verde County Under construction 180
Roscoe Wind Farm Roscoe 32°15′52″N 100°20′39″W / 32.26444°N 100.34417°W 781.5
Silver Star Wind Farm Eastland and Erath Counties 32°19′35″N 98°26′3″W / 32.32639°N 98.43417°W 60
Spinning Spur Wind Project Oldham and Potter Counties 35°13′37″N 102°12′45″W / 35.22694°N 102.21250°W 516
Sweetwater Wind Farm Nolan County 32°21′33″N 100°21′20″W / 32.35917°N 100.35556°W 585.3
Trent Wind Farm Nolan County 32°25′19″N 100°12′44″W / 32.42194°N 100.21222°W 150
Wildorado Wind Ranch Oldham County 35°18′25″N 102°19′12″W / 35.307°N 102.32°W 161 [46]

Solar Photovoltaic

Name Location Coordinates Capacity Refs
Alamo 1 San Antonio 30°14′18″N 97°30′31″W / 30.238333°N 97.508611°W 41 [47]
Alamo 2 San Antonio 4.4 [47]
Alamo 4 Brackettville 39.6 [47]
Blue Wing Solar Project San Antonio 29°18′25″N 98°24′15″W / 29.306944°N 98.404167°W 16.6
Webberville Solar Farm Webberville 30°14′18″N 97°30′31″W / 30.238333°N 97.508611°W 35 [48]

Solar Thermal

Name Location Coordinates Capacity Refs

Nuclear plants

Name Location Coordinates Capacity Refs
South Texas Project Electric Generating Station Matagorda County 28°47′44″N 96°02′56″W / 28.795556°N 96.048889°W 2500
Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant Somervell County 32°17′54″N 97°47′06″W / 32.298333°N 97.785°W 2208

Utility companies

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Other Energy-related companies in Texas

References

  1. ↑ "Texas Net Electricity Generation by Source, November 2013". State Profile and Energy Estimates. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Online Plant Map". Biomass Magazine. BBI International. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Nacogdoches Generating Facility
  4. ↑ "International Paper Texarkana Mill Waste Plant". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Big Brown Coal Plant". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 "Coal-Fired Plants in Texas". Gallery. Power Plants Around The World. 3 January 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Fayette Power Project". Gallery. Lower Colorado River Authority. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "Limestone Coal Plant". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Martin Lake Coal Plant". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "Sandow Station Coal Plant". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  11. ↑ "Sandow No 4 Coal Plant". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "Welsh Coal Plant". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 "Gas and Oil fired Plants in Texas". Gallery. Power Plants Around The World. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 "CCGT Plants in Texas". Gallery. Power Plants Around The World. 6 July 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 15.8 15.9 15.10 15.11 15.12 "CCGT Plants in South and South-Central Texas". Gallery. Power Plants Around The World. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
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  17. ↑ "Channelview Cogeneration Plant". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  18. ↑ "Colorado Bend Energy Center". Navasota Energy. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  19. ↑ "Power Generator Report". Public Utility Commission of Texas. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  20. ↑ "Deer Park Energy Center Gas Cogen Plant". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  21. ↑ "Forney Energy Center Gas Plant". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
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  24. ↑ "Jones Generating Station". Xcel Energy Inc. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  25. ↑ http://enipedia.tudelft.nl/wiki/Knox_Lee_Powerplant
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  28. ↑ "Odessa Ector Generating Station Gas Plant". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
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  44. ↑ "Lake Whitney Powerhouse". Gallery. Lake Whitney Chamber of Commerce. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
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  46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 46.3 46.4 46.5 46.6 "Wind Energy Plants in Texas". Gallery. Power Plants Around The World. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 47.2 OCI Solar Power Projects
  48. ↑ Webberville Solar Farm Technical Overview

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