Power Plants Near 78597 — South Padre Island, TX

30 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 78597 (South Padre Island, Texas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 26.2393, -97.1936 · County: Cameron

Wind 84%Solar 7%Natural Gas 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.8 mi	San Roman Wind I, Llc Los Fresnos, TX	Wind	95 MW	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
17.2 mi	Cameron Wind 1 Llc Rio Hondo, TX	Wind	165 MW	Cameron Wind 1 Llc
19.1 mi	Palmas Wind, Llc Rio Hondo, TX	Wind	145 MW	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
19.7 mi	La Chalupa, Llc Rio Hondo, TX	Wind	199 MW	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
23.4 mi	Smt Los Fresnos Llc Los Fresnos, TX	Other Fossil	10 MW	Smt Los Fresnos Llc
23.5 mi	Las Majadas Wind Farm Santa Monica, TX	Wind	273 MW	Las Majadas Wind Farm, Llc
25.1 mi	Los Vientos Wind 1a Sebastian, TX	Wind	200 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
26.1 mi	Tx18 Cottage Meadow Storage Rio Hondo, TX	Battery Storage	—	Key Capture Energy
27.0 mi	Aegle Power Harlingen, TX	Natural Gas	—	Coronado Power Ventures Llc
27.2 mi	Wal456 Brownsville, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
27.3 mi	Harryoung Pv And Bess Harlingen, TX	Battery Storage	—	Gransolar Texas Four Llc
29.0 mi	Vaquero Harlingen, TX	Oil	9 MW	Power Depot Group A, Llc
29.2 mi	Villa Cavasos Brownsville, TX	Oil	9 MW	Power Depot Group A, Llc
29.4 mi	E. Porte Ct. Harlingen, TX	Oil	9 MW	Power Depot Group A, Llc
29.5 mi	Hecate Grid East Valley Storage Brownsville, TX	Battery Storage	—	Hecate Grid East Valley Storage, Llc
30.3 mi	Los Vientos Wind 1b Sebastian, TX	Wind	202 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
30.4 mi	Silas Ray Brownsville, TX	Natural Gas	143 MW	Brownsville Public Utilities Board
30.9 mi	El Sauz Ranch Wind, Llc San Perlita, TX	Wind	301 MW	El Sauz Ranch Wind, Llc
33.2 mi	Smt Harlingen Ii Llc Harlingen, TX	Other Fossil	10 MW	Smt Harlingen Ii Llc
34.9 mi	Magic Valley Wind Farm I Llc San Perlita, TX	Wind	203 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
36.5 mi	Bruennings Breeze Wind Farm Raymondville, TX	Wind	228 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
37.4 mi	Raymond Wind Farm, Llc Lyford, TX	Wind	200 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
38.9 mi	Nebula Solar La Feria, TX	Solar	135 MW	Rayos Del Sol Solar Project, Llc
38.9 mi	Vancourt Solar Interconnections La Feria, TX	Solar	45 MW	Rayos Del Sol Solar Project, Llc
39.0 mi	Smt Santa Rosa Llc Santa Rosa, TX	Other Fossil	10 MW	Smt Santa Rosa Llc
39.0 mi	Santa Rosa Santa Rosa, TX	Oil	9 MW	Power Depot Group A, Llc
41.1 mi	Accalia Point Solar, Llc La Feria, TX	Solar	—	Accalia Point Solar, Llc
41.8 mi	Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers Santa Rosa, TX	Biomass	25 MW	Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc.
41.9 mi	Raymond, Llc Raymondville, TX	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
44.6 mi	Smt Mercedes Llc Mercedes, TX	Other Fossil	10 MW	Smt Mercedes Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 30 power plants within 50 miles of South Padre Island, Texas (ZIP 78597), with a combined 2,635 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 30 nearby plants. The closest plant is San Roman Wind I, Llc at 13.8 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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