Power Plants Near 78738 — Austin, TX

48 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 78738 (Austin, Texas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.3337, -97.9824 · County: Travis

Natural Gas 86%Other Fossil 5%Hydroelectric 5%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.9 mi	Marshall Ford Austin, TX	Hydroelectric	108 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
9.4 mi	Central Utility Plant Austin, TX	Natural Gas	14 MW	Silicon Hills Campus, Llc
12.1 mi	Austin Austin, TX	Hydroelectric	18 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
15.1 mi	Hal C Weaver Power Plant Austin, TX	Natural Gas	153 MW	University Of Texas At Austin
16.0 mi	Domain Integrated Energy System Austin, TX	Natural Gas	—	Austin Energy
16.5 mi	Robert Mueller Energy Center Austin, TX	Natural Gas	6 MW	Austin Energy
16.9 mi	Holly Street Austin, TX	Natural Gas	—	Austin Energy
18.1 mi	System Control Center Austin, TX	Other Fossil	5 MW	Austin Energy
18.3 mi	Kingsberry Energy Storage System Austin, TX	Other Fossil	2 MW	Austin Energy
18.4 mi	Powerfin Kingsbery Austin, TX	Solar	3 MW	Powerfin Asl 1, Llc
20.7 mi	Abia Parking Structure Austin, TX	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
21.5 mi	Austin Gas Recovery Austin, TX	Biomass	5 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
21.6 mi	Grs Sunset Farms Austin, TX	Natural Gas	—	Gas Recovery Systems Inc
22.1 mi	Decker Creek Austin, TX	Natural Gas	206 MW	Austin Energy
22.4 mi	Marble Falls Marble Falls, TX	Hydroelectric	40 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
22.9 mi	Gftx Bess Austin, TX	Battery Storage	125 MW	Giga Texas Energy Llc
23.0 mi	Austin Tx Gigafactory Austin, TX	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
23.1 mi	Heb00591 Round Rock, TX	Natural Gas	2 MW	Texas Microgrid, Llc
23.3 mi	Ikea Round Rock 027 Round Rock, TX	Solar	1 MW	Ikea Property Inc
23.7 mi	Sand Hill Austin, TX	Natural Gas	696 MW	Austin Energy
23.9 mi	Wal5479 Pflugerville, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
24.9 mi	Rabbit Hill Energy Storage Project Georgetown, TX	Other Fossil	10 MW	Rabbit Hill Energy Storage Project
24.9 mi	Tx12 Silicon Hill Storage Pflugerville, TX	Other Fossil	100 MW	Key Capture Energy
26.0 mi	Wal5480 Round Rock, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
26.2 mi	Granite Shoals Marble Falls, TX	Hydroelectric	54 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
27.9 mi	Thomas C Ferguson Horseshoe Bay, TX	Natural Gas	575 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
28.9 mi	Bastrop Energy Center Cedar Creek, TX	Natural Gas	619 MW	Bastrop Energy Partners, Lp
29.0 mi	Webberville Solar Project Manor, TX	Solar	30 MW	Frv Ae Solar Llc
29.4 mi	North Fork Tx Liberty Hill, TX	Other Fossil	100 MW	Engie North America
31.6 mi	East Blackland Solar Project 1 Manor, TX	Solar	144 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
33.4 mi	Timmerman Power Plant Maxwell, TX	Natural Gas	—	Lower Colorado River Authority
33.8 mi	Redsun Pv And Bess Burnet, TX	Battery Storage	—	Gransolar Texas Twenty Two Llc
34.4 mi	Canyon Canyon Lake, TX	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Guadalupe Blanco River Authority
36.5 mi	Inks Buchanan Dam, TX	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
36.6 mi	Dogwood Creek Solar And Bess Bastrop, TX	Battery Storage	—	Solar Proponent Llc
37.7 mi	Tx19 River Valley Storage 1 Elgin, TX	Other Fossil	50 MW	Key Capture Energy
37.8 mi	Tx21 River Valley Storage 2 Elgin, TX	Other Fossil	50 MW	Key Capture Energy
38.2 mi	Hays Energy Project San Marcos, TX	Natural Gas	989 MW	Hays Energy, Llc
38.7 mi	Buchanan Dam (Tx) Buchanan Dam, TX	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
41.3 mi	Mesquite Creek Lfgte Project New Braunfels, TX	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
44.3 mi	Lost Pines 1 Power Project Bastrop, TX	Natural Gas	609 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
44.4 mi	Sim Gideon Bastrop, TX	Natural Gas	623 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
47.0 mi	Cosper Solar Killeen, TX	Solar	—	Gransolar Texas Twenty Llc
47.1 mi	Cachi Seguin, TX	Battery Storage	—	Engie North America
47.5 mi	Sandow Lakes Energy Station Lexington, TX	Natural Gas	—	Sl Energy Power Plant I, Llc
48.1 mi	Dunlap Tp 1 New Brannfels, TX	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Guadalupe Blanco River Authority
48.3 mi	Stegall Solar And Storage Killeen, TX	Solar	—	Belltown Power Texas 2, Llc
49.9 mi	Guadalupe Generating Station Marion, TX	Natural Gas	1,088 MW	Guadalupe Power Partners Lp

Power generation near this area

There are 48 power plants within 50 miles of Austin, Texas (ZIP 78738), with a combined 6,512 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 19 of the 48 nearby plants. The closest plant is Marshall Ford at 5.9 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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