Power Plants Near 77873 — Richards, TX

41 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 77873 (Richards, Texas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.5796, -95.8959 · County: Grimes

Natural Gas 95%Other Fossil 2%Battery Storage 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.6 mi	Tenaska Frontier Generation Station Shiro, TX	Natural Gas	940 MW	Tenaska Frontier Partners Ltd
7.2 mi	Tx15 Limousin Oak Storage Bedias, TX	Battery Storage	100 MW	Key Capture Energy
12.6 mi	Grimes County Solar Lola, TX	Solar	—	Grimes County Solar Project, Llc
13.5 mi	Blue Jay Solar I, Llc Iola, TX	Other Fossil	52 MW	Blue Jay Solar I, Llc
16.5 mi	Piney Woods Solar Huntsville, TX	Solar	—	Piney Woods Solar, Llc
23.9 mi	Montgomery County Willis, TX	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Texas Inc.
24.4 mi	Lewis Creek Willis, TX	Natural Gas	543 MW	Entergy Texas Inc.
25.5 mi	Ratcliff Solar Park Plantersville, TX	Solar	—	Greenalia Solar Power Ratcliff, Llc
25.5 mi	Tex-Bar Ess Tbd, TX	Battery Storage	—	Tex-Bar Ess Llc
26.7 mi	Central Utility Plant - Texas A&m College Station, TX	Natural Gas	45 MW	Texas A&m, Utilities & Energy Services
27.9 mi	Heb00767 Magnolia, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Generate Er-Ng, Llc
28.7 mi	Bryan (Tx) Bryan, TX	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Bryan - (Tx)
32.5 mi	Wal3390 The Woodlands, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
33.4 mi	Conroe Conroe, TX	Natural Gas	—	Tx Lfg Energy, Lp
33.9 mi	Othertexasa&m Bryan, TX	Natural Gas	10 MW	Texas Microgrid, Llc
34.6 mi	Hollow Branch Creek 2 Solar And Bess Slf Madison, TX	Battery Storage	—	Solar Proponent Llc
34.9 mi	Heb00594 The Woodlands, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Entergy Texas Inc.
35.0 mi	Dansby Bryan, TX	Natural Gas	203 MW	City Of Bryan - (Tx)
35.4 mi	Hollow Branch Creek 1 Solar Madison, TX	Solar	—	Solar Proponent Llc
37.8 mi	Pecan Prairie South Solar Normangee, TX	Solar	—	Repsol Renewables Na
39.4 mi	Lampe Solar Brenham, TX	Solar	—	Gransolar Texas Seven Llc
39.6 mi	Pecan Bess Hilltop Lakes, TX	Battery Storage	—	Gransolar Texas Three, Llc
40.9 mi	Wal602 Spring, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
41.4 mi	Security Cleveland, TX	Biomass	3 MW	Tx Lfg Energy, Lp
41.6 mi	Wal5287 Spring, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
41.6 mi	Heb00020 Cypress, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Texas Microgrid, Llc
42.6 mi	Lupinus Solar 1, Llc Security, TX	Solar	—	Sunraycer Assets I Llc
42.6 mi	Lupinus Solar 2, Llc Security, TX	Solar	—	Sunraycer Assets I Llc
43.0 mi	Wal5045 Tomball, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
43.4 mi	Wal5091 Cypress, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
44.4 mi	Pecan Prairie North Solar Marquez, TX	Solar	—	Repsol Renewables Na
44.6 mi	Heb00099 Houston, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Texas Microgrid, Llc
45.2 mi	Wal849 Spring, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
47.0 mi	Holly Branch Solar, Llc Franklin, TX	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
47.0 mi	Wal1103 Houston, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
48.1 mi	Tx11 Republic Road Storage Hearne, TX	Other Fossil	50 MW	Key Capture Energy
48.3 mi	Cutten Houston, TX	Oil	9 MW	Power Depot Group A, Llc
48.8 mi	Wal3297 Houston, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
49.0 mi	Nrg Thw Gt Electric Generating Station Houston, TX	Natural Gas	—	Nrg Thw Gt Llc
49.2 mi	T H Wharton Houston, TX	Natural Gas	1,190 MW	Nrg Texas Power Llc
49.3 mi	Houston County Bess Crockett, TX	Battery Storage	—	Ric Development, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 41 power plants within 50 miles of Richards, Texas (ZIP 77873), with a combined 4,181 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 22 of the 41 nearby plants. The closest plant is Tenaska Frontier Generation Station at 1.6 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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