Power Plants Near 78730 — Austin, TX

53 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 78730 (Austin, Texas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.3607, -97.8241 · County: Travis

Natural Gas 83%Other Fossil 6%Hydroelectric 5%Solar 3%Battery Storage 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.8 mi	Central Utility Plant Austin, TX	Natural Gas	14 MW	Silicon Hills Campus, Llc
5.2 mi	Austin Austin, TX	Hydroelectric	18 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
5.4 mi	Marshall Ford Austin, TX	Hydroelectric	108 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
6.4 mi	Domain Integrated Energy System Austin, TX	Natural Gas	—	Austin Energy
7.3 mi	Hal C Weaver Power Plant Austin, TX	Natural Gas	153 MW	University Of Texas At Austin
7.9 mi	Robert Mueller Energy Center Austin, TX	Natural Gas	6 MW	Austin Energy
10.0 mi	Holly Street Austin, TX	Natural Gas	—	Austin Energy
10.5 mi	Kingsberry Energy Storage System Austin, TX	Other Fossil	2 MW	Austin Energy
10.6 mi	Powerfin Kingsbery Austin, TX	Solar	3 MW	Powerfin Asl 1, Llc
11.9 mi	System Control Center Austin, TX	Other Fossil	5 MW	Austin Energy
12.2 mi	Austin Gas Recovery Austin, TX	Biomass	5 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
12.2 mi	Grs Sunset Farms Austin, TX	Natural Gas	—	Gas Recovery Systems Inc
13.2 mi	Decker Creek Austin, TX	Natural Gas	206 MW	Austin Energy
14.2 mi	Abia Parking Structure Austin, TX	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
14.5 mi	Wal5479 Pflugerville, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
14.7 mi	Heb00591 Round Rock, TX	Natural Gas	2 MW	Texas Microgrid, Llc
15.3 mi	Gftx Bess Austin, TX	Battery Storage	125 MW	Giga Texas Energy Llc
15.3 mi	Tx12 Silicon Hill Storage Pflugerville, TX	Other Fossil	100 MW	Key Capture Energy
15.6 mi	Austin Tx Gigafactory Austin, TX	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
15.7 mi	Ikea Round Rock 027 Round Rock, TX	Solar	1 MW	Ikea Property Inc
16.4 mi	Sand Hill Austin, TX	Natural Gas	696 MW	Austin Energy
17.4 mi	Wal5480 Round Rock, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
17.7 mi	Rabbit Hill Energy Storage Project Georgetown, TX	Other Fossil	10 MW	Rabbit Hill Energy Storage Project
20.6 mi	Webberville Solar Project Manor, TX	Solar	30 MW	Frv Ae Solar Llc
22.0 mi	East Blackland Solar Project 1 Manor, TX	Solar	144 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
22.1 mi	Bastrop Energy Center Cedar Creek, TX	Natural Gas	619 MW	Bastrop Energy Partners, Lp
27.0 mi	North Fork Tx Liberty Hill, TX	Other Fossil	100 MW	Engie North America
28.0 mi	Dogwood Creek Solar And Bess Bastrop, TX	Battery Storage	—	Solar Proponent Llc
28.1 mi	Tx19 River Valley Storage 1 Elgin, TX	Other Fossil	50 MW	Key Capture Energy
28.2 mi	Tx21 River Valley Storage 2 Elgin, TX	Other Fossil	50 MW	Key Capture Energy
29.1 mi	Marble Falls Marble Falls, TX	Hydroelectric	40 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
33.5 mi	Granite Shoals Marble Falls, TX	Hydroelectric	54 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
33.6 mi	Timmerman Power Plant Maxwell, TX	Natural Gas	—	Lower Colorado River Authority
35.4 mi	Thomas C Ferguson Horseshoe Bay, TX	Natural Gas	575 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
36.1 mi	Lost Pines 1 Power Project Bastrop, TX	Natural Gas	609 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
36.2 mi	Sim Gideon Bastrop, TX	Natural Gas	623 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
36.9 mi	Redsun Pv And Bess Burnet, TX	Battery Storage	—	Gransolar Texas Twenty Two Llc
37.9 mi	Sandow Lakes Energy Station Lexington, TX	Natural Gas	—	Sl Energy Power Plant I, Llc
40.5 mi	Canyon Canyon Lake, TX	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Guadalupe Blanco River Authority
40.8 mi	Adelite Storage Project Llc Thorndale, TX	Battery Storage	—	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
41.3 mi	Hays Energy Project San Marcos, TX	Natural Gas	989 MW	Hays Energy, Llc
42.1 mi	Inks Buchanan Dam, TX	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
43.1 mi	Gransolar Texas One, Llc Thorndale, TX	Solar	—	Gransolar Texas One, Llc
43.8 mi	Cosper Solar Killeen, TX	Solar	—	Gransolar Texas Twenty Llc
44.1 mi	Stegall Solar And Storage Killeen, TX	Solar	—	Belltown Power Texas 2, Llc
44.4 mi	Buchanan Dam (Tx) Buchanan Dam, TX	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
44.7 mi	Mesquite Creek Lfgte Project New Braunfels, TX	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
44.9 mi	Stoneridge Solar, Llc Thorndale, TX	Battery Storage	—	Rwe Clean Energy
46.2 mi	Big Star Solar, Llc (Hybrid) Rosanky, TX	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
46.3 mi	Walleye Solar (Sandow Ii) Alcoa, TX	Solar	—	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
47.4 mi	Sandow No 4 Rockdale, TX	Coal	—	Luminant Generation Company Llc
47.6 mi	Sandow No 5 Rockdale, TX	Coal	—	Luminant Generation Company Llc
49.7 mi	Hooper Solar And Storage Lexington, TX	Solar	—	Belltown Power Texas 2, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 53 power plants within 50 miles of Austin, Texas (ZIP 78730), with a combined 5,420 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 18 of the 53 nearby plants. The closest plant is Central Utility Plant at 2.8 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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