Power Plants Near 77842 — College Station, TX

40 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 77842 (College Station, Texas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.6521, -96.3410 · County: Brazos

Coal 50%Natural Gas 29%Solar 16%Other Fossil 2%Battery Storage 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.9 mi	Bryan (Tx) Bryan, TX	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Bryan - (Tx)
2.4 mi	Central Utility Plant - Texas A&m College Station, TX	Natural Gas	45 MW	Texas A&m, Utilities & Energy Services
7.2 mi	Othertexasa&m Bryan, TX	Natural Gas	10 MW	Texas Microgrid, Llc
8.6 mi	Dansby Bryan, TX	Natural Gas	203 MW	City Of Bryan - (Tx)
14.8 mi	Grimes County Solar Lola, TX	Solar	—	Grimes County Solar Project, Llc
16.5 mi	Blue Jay Solar I, Llc Iola, TX	Other Fossil	52 MW	Blue Jay Solar I, Llc
21.8 mi	Tx15 Limousin Oak Storage Bedias, TX	Battery Storage	100 MW	Key Capture Energy
23.2 mi	Tx11 Republic Road Storage Hearne, TX	Other Fossil	50 MW	Key Capture Energy
25.0 mi	Lampe Solar Brenham, TX	Solar	—	Gransolar Texas Seven Llc
25.5 mi	Tenaska Frontier Generation Station Shiro, TX	Natural Gas	940 MW	Tenaska Frontier Partners Ltd
26.6 mi	Tex-Bar Ess Tbd, TX	Battery Storage	—	Tex-Bar Ess Llc
27.8 mi	Two Rivers Solar Hearne, TX	Solar	—	Two Rivers Solar, Llc
28.4 mi	Pecan Prairie South Solar Normangee, TX	Solar	—	Repsol Renewables Na
30.3 mi	Pecan Bess Hilltop Lakes, TX	Battery Storage	—	Gransolar Texas Three, Llc
30.9 mi	Holly Branch Solar, Llc Franklin, TX	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
33.0 mi	Hollow Branch Creek 2 Solar And Bess Slf Madison, TX	Battery Storage	—	Solar Proponent Llc
33.8 mi	Pecan Prairie North Solar Marquez, TX	Solar	—	Repsol Renewables Na
36.3 mi	Tidwell Prairie Storage 1 Bremond, TX	Battery Storage	—	Tidwell Prairie
36.6 mi	Tidwell Prairie Ii Bremond, TX	Battery Storage	—	Tidwell Prairie Ii Llc
36.9 mi	Major Oak Power Bremond, TX	Coal	349 MW	Major Oak Power, Llc
37.0 mi	Hollow Branch Creek 1 Solar Madison, TX	Solar	—	Solar Proponent Llc
37.5 mi	Oak Grove (Tx) Franklin, TX	Coal	1,795 MW	Luminant Generation Company Llc
40.2 mi	Piney Woods Solar Huntsville, TX	Solar	—	Piney Woods Solar, Llc
40.6 mi	Yaupon Solar Project (Hybrid) Rosebud, TX	Solar	—	Yaupon Solar, Llc
41.0 mi	Cattlemen Solar Park Rosebud, TX	Solar	240 MW	Cattlemen Solar Park Llc
41.4 mi	Diver Solar, Llc Thornton, TX	Solar	—	Diver Solar, Llc
42.1 mi	Hooper Solar And Storage Lexington, TX	Solar	—	Belltown Power Texas 2, Llc
42.7 mi	Cattlemen Solar Ii Rosebud, TX	Solar	—	Cattlemen Solar Park Ii Llc
43.2 mi	Sandow No 5 Rockdale, TX	Coal	—	Luminant Generation Company Llc
43.4 mi	Ratcliff Solar Park Plantersville, TX	Solar	—	Greenalia Solar Power Ratcliff, Llc
43.4 mi	Sandow No 4 Rockdale, TX	Coal	—	Luminant Generation Company Llc
43.8 mi	Orion Ii Solar Project Rosebud, TX	Solar	250 MW	Ben Milam Solar 2 Llc
44.6 mi	Walleye Solar (Sandow Ii) Alcoa, TX	Solar	—	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
45.8 mi	Orion I Solar Project Burlington, TX	Solar	200 MW	Ben Milam Solar 1 Llc
46.0 mi	Bt Jungmann Buckholts, TX	Solar	—	Bt Jungmann, Llc
46.1 mi	Stoneridge Solar, Llc Thorndale, TX	Battery Storage	—	Rwe Clean Energy
46.8 mi	Kahla Storage Marquez, TX	Battery Storage	—	Belltown Power Texas 2, Llc
48.5 mi	Gransolar Texas One, Llc Thorndale, TX	Solar	—	Gransolar Texas One, Llc
49.3 mi	Heb00767 Magnolia, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Generate Er-Ng, Llc
49.3 mi	Prost Ess Tbd, TX	Battery Storage	—	Prost Ess Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 40 power plants within 50 miles of College Station, Texas (ZIP 77842), with a combined 4,257 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 19 of the 40 nearby plants. The closest plant is Bryan (Tx) at 1.9 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Texas, visit the Texas state page.

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