Power Plants Near 78521 — Brownsville, TX

40 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 78521 (Brownsville, Texas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 25.9221, -97.4612 · County: Cameron

Wind 81%Solar 6%Natural Gas 5%Battery Storage 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.8 mi	Silas Ray Brownsville, TX	Natural Gas	143 MW	Brownsville Public Utilities Board
4.6 mi	Hecate Grid East Valley Storage Brownsville, TX	Battery Storage	—	Hecate Grid East Valley Storage, Llc
5.2 mi	Wal456 Brownsville, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
10.8 mi	Villa Cavasos Brownsville, TX	Oil	9 MW	Power Depot Group A, Llc
11.2 mi	Smt Los Fresnos Llc Los Fresnos, TX	Other Fossil	10 MW	Smt Los Fresnos Llc
15.0 mi	San Roman Wind I, Llc Los Fresnos, TX	Wind	95 MW	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
18.9 mi	Cameron Wind 1 Llc Rio Hondo, TX	Wind	165 MW	Cameron Wind 1 Llc
20.8 mi	Vaquero Harlingen, TX	Oil	9 MW	Power Depot Group A, Llc
22.5 mi	E. Porte Ct. Harlingen, TX	Oil	9 MW	Power Depot Group A, Llc
22.8 mi	Aegle Power Harlingen, TX	Natural Gas	—	Coronado Power Ventures Llc
22.9 mi	La Chalupa, Llc Rio Hondo, TX	Wind	199 MW	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
23.9 mi	Nebula Solar La Feria, TX	Solar	135 MW	Rayos Del Sol Solar Project, Llc
23.9 mi	Vancourt Solar Interconnections La Feria, TX	Solar	45 MW	Rayos Del Sol Solar Project, Llc
24.2 mi	Smt Harlingen Ii Llc Harlingen, TX	Other Fossil	10 MW	Smt Harlingen Ii Llc
25.4 mi	Palmas Wind, Llc Rio Hondo, TX	Wind	145 MW	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
26.3 mi	Tx18 Cottage Meadow Storage Rio Hondo, TX	Battery Storage	—	Key Capture Energy
26.3 mi	Accalia Point Solar, Llc La Feria, TX	Solar	—	Accalia Point Solar, Llc
26.7 mi	Harryoung Pv And Bess Harlingen, TX	Battery Storage	—	Gransolar Texas Four Llc
29.3 mi	Los Vientos Wind 1a Sebastian, TX	Wind	200 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
31.0 mi	Santa Rosa Santa Rosa, TX	Oil	9 MW	Power Depot Group A, Llc
31.0 mi	Las Majadas Wind Farm Santa Monica, TX	Wind	273 MW	Las Majadas Wind Farm, Llc
31.1 mi	Smt Santa Rosa Llc Santa Rosa, TX	Other Fossil	10 MW	Smt Santa Rosa Llc
32.1 mi	Los Vientos Wind 1b Sebastian, TX	Wind	202 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
34.8 mi	Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers Santa Rosa, TX	Biomass	25 MW	Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc.
35.2 mi	Smt Mercedes Llc Mercedes, TX	Other Fossil	10 MW	Smt Mercedes Llc
36.4 mi	Raymond Wind Farm, Llc Lyford, TX	Wind	200 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
40.8 mi	Magic Valley Wind Farm I Llc San Perlita, TX	Wind	203 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
40.9 mi	El Sauz Ranch Wind, Llc San Perlita, TX	Wind	301 MW	El Sauz Ranch Wind, Llc
42.0 mi	Lower Rio Energy Storage Donna, TX	Battery Storage	—	Vesi 38 Llc
42.7 mi	Smt Elsa Llc Elsa, TX	Other Fossil	10 MW	Smt Elsa Llc
43.0 mi	Ridge Rd Alamo, TX	Oil	9 MW	Power Depot Group A, Llc
43.8 mi	Bruennings Breeze Wind Farm Raymondville, TX	Wind	228 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
44.0 mi	Val Verde Donna, TX	Battery Storage	10 MW	Hen Infrastructure, L.l.c.
44.8 mi	Raymond, Llc Raymondville, TX	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
45.4 mi	Wal5165 Alamo, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
45.5 mi	Jerboa Storage Nurillo, TX	Battery Storage	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
45.5 mi	West Raymond Wind Farm Llc Lyford, TX	Wind	240 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
45.8 mi	Smt Alamo Llc Alamo, TX	Other Fossil	10 MW	Smt Alamo Llc
45.9 mi	Great Kiskadee Storage San Juan, TX	Battery Storage	100 MW	Great Kiskadee Storage, Llc
47.8 mi	Heb00038 San Juan, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Texas Microgrid, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 40 power plants within 50 miles of Brownsville, Texas (ZIP 78521), with a combined 3,016 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 40 nearby plants. The closest plant is Silas Ray at 3.8 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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