Power Plants Near 78520 — Brownsville, TX

43 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 78520 (Brownsville, Texas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 25.9337, -97.5174 · County: Cameron

Wind 69%Natural Gas 20%Solar 5%Battery Storage 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.1 mi	Hecate Grid East Valley Storage Brownsville, TX	Battery Storage	—	Hecate Grid East Valley Storage, Llc
1.4 mi	Silas Ray Brownsville, TX	Natural Gas	143 MW	Brownsville Public Utilities Board
2.9 mi	Wal456 Brownsville, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
7.8 mi	Villa Cavasos Brownsville, TX	Oil	9 MW	Power Depot Group A, Llc
9.7 mi	Smt Los Fresnos Llc Los Fresnos, TX	Other Fossil	10 MW	Smt Los Fresnos Llc
15.9 mi	San Roman Wind I, Llc Los Fresnos, TX	Wind	95 MW	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
18.3 mi	Vaquero Harlingen, TX	Oil	9 MW	Power Depot Group A, Llc
18.4 mi	Cameron Wind 1 Llc Rio Hondo, TX	Wind	165 MW	Cameron Wind 1 Llc
20.0 mi	E. Porte Ct. Harlingen, TX	Oil	9 MW	Power Depot Group A, Llc
20.5 mi	Nebula Solar La Feria, TX	Solar	135 MW	Rayos Del Sol Solar Project, Llc
20.5 mi	Vancourt Solar Interconnections La Feria, TX	Solar	45 MW	Rayos Del Sol Solar Project, Llc
20.7 mi	Aegle Power Harlingen, TX	Natural Gas	—	Coronado Power Ventures Llc
21.4 mi	Smt Harlingen Ii Llc Harlingen, TX	Other Fossil	10 MW	Smt Harlingen Ii Llc
21.8 mi	La Chalupa, Llc Rio Hondo, TX	Wind	199 MW	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
22.9 mi	Accalia Point Solar, Llc La Feria, TX	Solar	—	Accalia Point Solar, Llc
24.5 mi	Tx18 Cottage Meadow Storage Rio Hondo, TX	Battery Storage	—	Key Capture Energy
24.6 mi	Palmas Wind, Llc Rio Hondo, TX	Wind	145 MW	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
24.7 mi	Harryoung Pv And Bess Harlingen, TX	Battery Storage	—	Gransolar Texas Four Llc
27.8 mi	Los Vientos Wind 1a Sebastian, TX	Wind	200 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
28.0 mi	Santa Rosa Santa Rosa, TX	Oil	9 MW	Power Depot Group A, Llc
28.0 mi	Smt Santa Rosa Llc Santa Rosa, TX	Other Fossil	10 MW	Smt Santa Rosa Llc
29.8 mi	Las Majadas Wind Farm Santa Monica, TX	Wind	273 MW	Las Majadas Wind Farm, Llc
30.1 mi	Los Vientos Wind 1b Sebastian, TX	Wind	202 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
31.8 mi	Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers Santa Rosa, TX	Biomass	25 MW	Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc.
32.0 mi	Smt Mercedes Llc Mercedes, TX	Other Fossil	10 MW	Smt Mercedes Llc
33.9 mi	Raymond Wind Farm, Llc Lyford, TX	Wind	200 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
38.5 mi	Lower Rio Energy Storage Donna, TX	Battery Storage	—	Vesi 38 Llc
38.9 mi	Magic Valley Wind Farm I Llc San Perlita, TX	Wind	203 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
39.5 mi	Smt Elsa Llc Elsa, TX	Other Fossil	10 MW	Smt Elsa Llc
39.5 mi	El Sauz Ranch Wind, Llc San Perlita, TX	Wind	301 MW	El Sauz Ranch Wind, Llc
39.5 mi	Ridge Rd Alamo, TX	Oil	9 MW	Power Depot Group A, Llc
40.6 mi	Val Verde Donna, TX	Battery Storage	10 MW	Hen Infrastructure, L.l.c.
41.9 mi	Wal5165 Alamo, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
42.1 mi	Bruennings Breeze Wind Farm Raymondville, TX	Wind	228 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
42.1 mi	Jerboa Storage Nurillo, TX	Battery Storage	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
42.3 mi	Great Kiskadee Storage San Juan, TX	Battery Storage	100 MW	Great Kiskadee Storage, Llc
42.3 mi	Smt Alamo Llc Alamo, TX	Other Fossil	10 MW	Smt Alamo Llc
42.5 mi	Raymond, Llc Raymondville, TX	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
42.5 mi	West Raymond Wind Farm Llc Lyford, TX	Wind	240 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
44.3 mi	Heb00038 San Juan, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Texas Microgrid, Llc
48.5 mi	Wal3886 Edinburg, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
49.6 mi	Hidalgo Energy Center Edinburg, TX	Natural Gas	551 MW	Calpine Corp - Hidalgo
50.0 mi	Wal452 Mcallen, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 43 power plants within 50 miles of Brownsville, Texas (ZIP 78520), with a combined 3,569 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 43 nearby plants. The closest plant is Hecate Grid East Valley Storage at 1.1 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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