Power Plants Near 78726 — Austin, TX

54 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 78726 (Austin, Texas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.4300, -97.8326 · County: Travis

Natural Gas 83%Other Fossil 6%Hydroelectric 5%Solar 4%Battery Storage 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.3 mi	Central Utility Plant Austin, TX	Natural Gas	14 MW	Silicon Hills Campus, Llc
5.2 mi	Marshall Ford Austin, TX	Hydroelectric	108 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
6.8 mi	Domain Integrated Energy System Austin, TX	Natural Gas	—	Austin Energy
9.9 mi	Austin Austin, TX	Hydroelectric	18 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
11.4 mi	Robert Mueller Energy Center Austin, TX	Natural Gas	6 MW	Austin Energy
11.5 mi	Hal C Weaver Power Plant Austin, TX	Natural Gas	153 MW	University Of Texas At Austin
12.0 mi	Heb00591 Round Rock, TX	Natural Gas	2 MW	Texas Microgrid, Llc
12.2 mi	Ikea Round Rock 027 Round Rock, TX	Solar	1 MW	Ikea Property Inc
13.6 mi	Wal5479 Pflugerville, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
13.9 mi	Rabbit Hill Energy Storage Project Georgetown, TX	Other Fossil	10 MW	Rabbit Hill Energy Storage Project
14.0 mi	Grs Sunset Farms Austin, TX	Natural Gas	—	Gas Recovery Systems Inc
14.2 mi	Austin Gas Recovery Austin, TX	Biomass	5 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
14.2 mi	Holly Street Austin, TX	Natural Gas	—	Austin Energy
14.3 mi	Kingsberry Energy Storage System Austin, TX	Other Fossil	2 MW	Austin Energy
14.4 mi	Powerfin Kingsbery Austin, TX	Solar	3 MW	Powerfin Asl 1, Llc
15.0 mi	Wal5480 Round Rock, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
15.5 mi	Tx12 Silicon Hill Storage Pflugerville, TX	Other Fossil	100 MW	Key Capture Energy
15.8 mi	Decker Creek Austin, TX	Natural Gas	206 MW	Austin Energy
16.3 mi	System Control Center Austin, TX	Other Fossil	5 MW	Austin Energy
18.4 mi	Abia Parking Structure Austin, TX	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
18.9 mi	Gftx Bess Austin, TX	Battery Storage	125 MW	Giga Texas Energy Llc
19.3 mi	Austin Tx Gigafactory Austin, TX	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
20.1 mi	Sand Hill Austin, TX	Natural Gas	696 MW	Austin Energy
22.1 mi	East Blackland Solar Project 1 Manor, TX	Solar	144 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
22.2 mi	North Fork Tx Liberty Hill, TX	Other Fossil	100 MW	Engie North America
23.4 mi	Webberville Solar Project Manor, TX	Solar	30 MW	Frv Ae Solar Llc
25.9 mi	Bastrop Energy Center Cedar Creek, TX	Natural Gas	619 MW	Bastrop Energy Partners, Lp
26.7 mi	Marble Falls Marble Falls, TX	Hydroelectric	40 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
28.4 mi	Tx19 River Valley Storage 1 Elgin, TX	Other Fossil	50 MW	Key Capture Energy
28.5 mi	Tx21 River Valley Storage 2 Elgin, TX	Other Fossil	50 MW	Key Capture Energy
30.4 mi	Dogwood Creek Solar And Bess Bastrop, TX	Battery Storage	—	Solar Proponent Llc
31.3 mi	Granite Shoals Marble Falls, TX	Hydroelectric	54 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
32.9 mi	Redsun Pv And Bess Burnet, TX	Battery Storage	—	Gransolar Texas Twenty Two Llc
33.3 mi	Thomas C Ferguson Horseshoe Bay, TX	Natural Gas	575 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
38.2 mi	Sandow Lakes Energy Station Lexington, TX	Natural Gas	—	Sl Energy Power Plant I, Llc
38.4 mi	Timmerman Power Plant Maxwell, TX	Natural Gas	—	Lower Colorado River Authority
38.7 mi	Lost Pines 1 Power Project Bastrop, TX	Natural Gas	609 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
38.9 mi	Sim Gideon Bastrop, TX	Natural Gas	623 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
38.9 mi	Inks Buchanan Dam, TX	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
39.0 mi	Cosper Solar Killeen, TX	Solar	—	Gransolar Texas Twenty Llc
39.3 mi	Adelite Storage Project Llc Thorndale, TX	Battery Storage	—	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
39.5 mi	Stegall Solar And Storage Killeen, TX	Solar	—	Belltown Power Texas 2, Llc
41.3 mi	Buchanan Dam (Tx) Buchanan Dam, TX	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
42.0 mi	Gransolar Texas One, Llc Thorndale, TX	Solar	—	Gransolar Texas One, Llc
44.1 mi	Stoneridge Solar, Llc Thorndale, TX	Battery Storage	—	Rwe Clean Energy
44.3 mi	Canyon Canyon Lake, TX	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Guadalupe Blanco River Authority
45.5 mi	Walleye Solar (Sandow Ii) Alcoa, TX	Solar	—	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
45.8 mi	Hays Energy Project San Marcos, TX	Natural Gas	989 MW	Hays Energy, Llc
46.0 mi	Wal407 Killeen, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
46.7 mi	Sandow No 4 Rockdale, TX	Coal	—	Luminant Generation Company Llc
46.9 mi	Sandow No 5 Rockdale, TX	Coal	—	Luminant Generation Company Llc
47.3 mi	Phantom Solar Fort Hood, TX	Solar	15 MW	Phantom Solar, Llc
49.2 mi	Mesquite Creek Lfgte Project New Braunfels, TX	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
50.0 mi	Big Star Solar, Llc (Hybrid) Rosanky, TX	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 54 power plants within 50 miles of Austin, Texas (ZIP 78726), with a combined 5,437 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 19 of the 54 nearby plants. The closest plant is Central Utility Plant 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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