Power Plants Near 78746 — Austin, TX

57 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 78746 (Austin, Texas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.2971, -97.8181 · County: Travis

Natural Gas 85%Other Fossil 5%Hydroelectric 5%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.0 mi	Austin Austin, TX	Hydroelectric	18 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
5.0 mi	Hal C Weaver Power Plant Austin, TX	Natural Gas	153 MW	University Of Texas At Austin
6.6 mi	Robert Mueller Energy Center Austin, TX	Natural Gas	6 MW	Austin Energy
6.9 mi	Holly Street Austin, TX	Natural Gas	—	Austin Energy
7.1 mi	Central Utility Plant Austin, TX	Natural Gas	14 MW	Silicon Hills Campus, Llc
8.2 mi	Kingsberry Energy Storage System Austin, TX	Other Fossil	2 MW	Austin Energy
8.2 mi	Powerfin Kingsbery Austin, TX	Solar	3 MW	Powerfin Asl 1, Llc
8.3 mi	Marshall Ford Austin, TX	Hydroelectric	108 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
8.4 mi	System Control Center Austin, TX	Other Fossil	5 MW	Austin Energy
8.9 mi	Domain Integrated Energy System Austin, TX	Natural Gas	—	Austin Energy
11.0 mi	Abia Parking Structure Austin, TX	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
12.0 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
12.3 mi	Decker Creek Austin, TX	Natural Gas	206 MW	Austin Energy
12.8 mi	Gftx Bess Austin, TX	Battery Storage	125 MW	Giga Texas Energy Llc
13.0 mi	Austin Tx Gigafactory Austin, TX	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
13.7 mi	Sand Hill Austin, TX	Natural Gas	696 MW	Austin Energy
16.6 mi	Tx12 Silicon Hill Storage Pflugerville, TX	Other Fossil	100 MW	Key Capture Energy
16.6 mi	Wal5479 Pflugerville, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
18.0 mi	Heb00591 Round Rock, TX	Natural Gas	2 MW	Texas Microgrid, Llc
18.9 mi	Webberville Solar Project Manor, TX	Solar	30 MW	Frv Ae Solar Llc
19.1 mi	Bastrop Energy Center Cedar Creek, TX	Natural Gas	619 MW	Bastrop Energy Partners, Lp
19.5 mi	Ikea Round Rock 027 Round Rock, TX	Solar	1 MW	Ikea Property Inc
20.4 mi	Wal5480 Round Rock, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
21.6 mi	Rabbit Hill Energy Storage Project Georgetown, TX	Other Fossil	10 MW	Rabbit Hill Energy Storage Project
22.9 mi	East Blackland Solar Project 1 Manor, TX	Solar	144 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
26.5 mi	Dogwood Creek Solar And Bess Bastrop, TX	Battery Storage	—	Solar Proponent Llc
28.7 mi	Tx19 River Valley Storage 1 Elgin, TX	Other Fossil	50 MW	Key Capture Energy
28.8 mi	Tx21 River Valley Storage 2 Elgin, TX	Other Fossil	50 MW	Key Capture Energy
29.2 mi	Timmerman Power Plant Maxwell, TX	Natural Gas	—	Lower Colorado River Authority
31.4 mi	North Fork Tx Liberty Hill, TX	Other Fossil	100 MW	Engie North America
31.7 mi	Marble Falls Marble Falls, TX	Hydroelectric	40 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
34.2 mi	Lost Pines 1 Power Project Bastrop, TX	Natural Gas	609 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
34.3 mi	Sim Gideon Bastrop, TX	Natural Gas	623 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
35.8 mi	Granite Shoals Marble Falls, TX	Hydroelectric	54 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
37.1 mi	Canyon Canyon Lake, TX	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Guadalupe Blanco River Authority
37.1 mi	Hays Energy Project San Marcos, TX	Natural Gas	989 MW	Hays Energy, Llc
37.6 mi	Thomas C Ferguson Horseshoe Bay, TX	Natural Gas	575 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
38.3 mi	Sandow Lakes Energy Station Lexington, TX	Natural Gas	—	Sl Energy Power Plant I, Llc
40.6 mi	Mesquite Creek Lfgte Project New Braunfels, TX	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
40.7 mi	Redsun Pv And Bess Burnet, TX	Battery Storage	—	Gransolar Texas Twenty Two Llc
42.6 mi	Adelite Storage Project Llc Thorndale, TX	Battery Storage	—	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
43.0 mi	Big Star Solar, Llc (Hybrid) Rosanky, TX	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
44.7 mi	Gransolar Texas One, Llc Thorndale, TX	Solar	—	Gransolar Texas One, Llc
45.2 mi	Inks Buchanan Dam, TX	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
46.0 mi	Cachi Seguin, TX	Battery Storage	—	Engie North America
46.2 mi	Stoneridge Solar, Llc Thorndale, TX	Battery Storage	—	Rwe Clean Energy
47.4 mi	Dunlap Tp 1 New Brannfels, TX	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Guadalupe Blanco River Authority
47.5 mi	Buchanan Dam (Tx) Buchanan Dam, TX	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
47.5 mi	Walleye Solar (Sandow Ii) Alcoa, TX	Solar	—	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
48.2 mi	Cosper Solar Killeen, TX	Solar	—	Gransolar Texas Twenty Llc
48.4 mi	Stegall Solar And Storage Killeen, TX	Solar	—	Belltown Power Texas 2, Llc
48.6 mi	Sandow No 4 Rockdale, TX	Coal	—	Luminant Generation Company Llc
48.8 mi	Sandow No 5 Rockdale, TX	Coal	—	Luminant Generation Company Llc
49.5 mi	Rio Nogales Power Project Seguin, TX	Natural Gas	940 MW	City Of San Antonio - (Tx)
49.8 mi	Niagara Bottling - Seguin Seguin, TX	Solar	5 MW	Skyhigh 2 Solar
49.9 mi	Hooper Solar And Storage Lexington, TX	Solar	—	Belltown Power Texas 2, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 57 power plants within 50 miles of Austin, Texas (ZIP 78746), with a combined 6,369 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 19 of the 57 nearby plants. The closest plant is Austin at 2.0 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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