Power Plants Near 77861 — Iola, TX

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 77861 (Iola, Texas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.7326, -96.0911 · County: Grimes

Coal 57%Natural Gas 40%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.3 mi	Blue Jay Solar I, Llc Iola, TX	Other Fossil	52 MW	Blue Jay Solar I, Llc
5.6 mi	Grimes County Solar Lola, TX	Solar	—	Grimes County Solar Project, Llc
8.6 mi	Tx15 Limousin Oak Storage Bedias, TX	Battery Storage	100 MW	Key Capture Energy
14.1 mi	Tenaska Frontier Generation Station Shiro, TX	Natural Gas	940 MW	Tenaska Frontier Partners Ltd
14.1 mi	Tex-Bar Ess Tbd, TX	Battery Storage	—	Tex-Bar Ess Llc
17.0 mi	Central Utility Plant - Texas A&m College Station, TX	Natural Gas	45 MW	Texas A&m, Utilities & Energy Services
17.7 mi	Bryan (Tx) Bryan, TX	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Bryan - (Tx)
22.0 mi	Dansby Bryan, TX	Natural Gas	203 MW	City Of Bryan - (Tx)
22.8 mi	Hollow Branch Creek 2 Solar And Bess Slf Madison, TX	Battery Storage	—	Solar Proponent Llc
22.9 mi	Othertexasa&m Bryan, TX	Natural Gas	10 MW	Texas Microgrid, Llc
23.2 mi	Pecan Prairie South Solar Normangee, TX	Solar	—	Repsol Renewables Na
25.1 mi	Piney Woods Solar Huntsville, TX	Solar	—	Piney Woods Solar, Llc
25.2 mi	Pecan Bess Hilltop Lakes, TX	Battery Storage	—	Gransolar Texas Three, Llc
25.4 mi	Hollow Branch Creek 1 Solar Madison, TX	Solar	—	Solar Proponent Llc
29.9 mi	Pecan Prairie North Solar Marquez, TX	Solar	—	Repsol Renewables Na
31.5 mi	Holly Branch Solar, Llc Franklin, TX	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
33.3 mi	Tx11 Republic Road Storage Hearne, TX	Other Fossil	50 MW	Key Capture Energy
37.2 mi	Lampe Solar Brenham, TX	Solar	—	Gransolar Texas Seven Llc
38.8 mi	Oak Grove (Tx) Franklin, TX	Coal	1,795 MW	Luminant Generation Company Llc
39.1 mi	Montgomery County Willis, TX	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Texas Inc.
39.2 mi	Ratcliff Solar Park Plantersville, TX	Solar	—	Greenalia Solar Power Ratcliff, Llc
39.4 mi	Two Rivers Solar Hearne, TX	Solar	—	Two Rivers Solar, Llc
39.6 mi	Lewis Creek Willis, TX	Natural Gas	543 MW	Entergy Texas Inc.
39.9 mi	Diver Solar, Llc Thornton, TX	Solar	—	Diver Solar, Llc
42.2 mi	Kahla Storage Marquez, TX	Battery Storage	—	Belltown Power Texas 2, Llc
42.3 mi	Tidwell Prairie Storage 1 Bremond, TX	Battery Storage	—	Tidwell Prairie
42.6 mi	Tidwell Prairie Ii Bremond, TX	Battery Storage	—	Tidwell Prairie Ii Llc
42.9 mi	Heb00767 Magnolia, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Generate Er-Ng, Llc
43.6 mi	Major Oak Power Bremond, TX	Coal	349 MW	Major Oak Power, Llc
46.4 mi	Houston County Bess Crockett, TX	Battery Storage	—	Ric Development, Llc
47.9 mi	Wal3390 The Woodlands, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
48.6 mi	Limestone Jewett, TX	Coal	1,850 MW	Nrg Texas Power Llc
48.8 mi	Conroe Conroe, TX	Natural Gas	—	Tx Lfg Energy, Lp
50.0 mi	Yaupon Solar Project (Hybrid) Rosebud, TX	Solar	—	Yaupon Solar, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Iola, Texas (ZIP 77861), with a combined 6,961 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 11 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is Blue Jay Solar I, Llc at 2.3 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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