Power Plants Near 78759 — Austin, TX

56 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 78759 (Austin, Texas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.4036, -97.7526 · County: Travis

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

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.7 mi	Domain Integrated Energy System Austin, TX	Natural Gas	—	Austin Energy
5.4 mi	Central Utility Plant Austin, TX	Natural Gas	14 MW	Silicon Hills Campus, Llc
7.3 mi	Robert Mueller Energy Center Austin, TX	Natural Gas	6 MW	Austin Energy
7.8 mi	Austin Austin, TX	Hydroelectric	18 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
8.1 mi	Hal C Weaver Power Plant Austin, TX	Natural Gas	153 MW	University Of Texas At Austin
8.9 mi	Grs Sunset Farms Austin, TX	Natural Gas	—	Gas Recovery Systems Inc
9.2 mi	Austin Gas Recovery Austin, TX	Biomass	5 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
9.3 mi	Marshall Ford Austin, TX	Hydroelectric	108 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
9.4 mi	Wal5479 Pflugerville, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
9.7 mi	Heb00591 Round Rock, TX	Natural Gas	2 MW	Texas Microgrid, Llc
10.3 mi	Kingsberry Energy Storage System Austin, TX	Other Fossil	2 MW	Austin Energy
10.3 mi	Powerfin Kingsbery Austin, TX	Solar	3 MW	Powerfin Asl 1, Llc
10.7 mi	Tx12 Silicon Hill Storage Pflugerville, TX	Other Fossil	100 MW	Key Capture Energy
10.8 mi	Holly Street Austin, TX	Natural Gas	—	Austin Energy
10.8 mi	Decker Creek Austin, TX	Natural Gas	206 MW	Austin Energy
11.2 mi	Ikea Round Rock 027 Round Rock, TX	Solar	1 MW	Ikea Property Inc
12.3 mi	Wal5480 Round Rock, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
13.0 mi	System Control Center Austin, TX	Other Fossil	5 MW	Austin Energy
13.3 mi	Rabbit Hill Energy Storage Project Georgetown, TX	Other Fossil	10 MW	Rabbit Hill Energy Storage Project
14.5 mi	Gftx Bess Austin, TX	Battery Storage	125 MW	Giga Texas Energy Llc
14.6 mi	Abia Parking Structure Austin, TX	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
14.9 mi	Austin Tx Gigafactory Austin, TX	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
15.8 mi	Sand Hill Austin, TX	Natural Gas	696 MW	Austin Energy
17.4 mi	East Blackland Solar Project 1 Manor, TX	Solar	144 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
18.5 mi	Webberville Solar Project Manor, TX	Solar	30 MW	Frv Ae Solar Llc
21.5 mi	Bastrop Energy Center Cedar Creek, TX	Natural Gas	619 MW	Bastrop Energy Partners, Lp
23.6 mi	Tx19 River Valley Storage 1 Elgin, TX	Other Fossil	50 MW	Key Capture Energy
23.7 mi	Tx21 River Valley Storage 2 Elgin, TX	Other Fossil	50 MW	Key Capture Energy
25.0 mi	North Fork Tx Liberty Hill, TX	Other Fossil	100 MW	Engie North America
25.3 mi	Dogwood Creek Solar And Bess Bastrop, TX	Battery Storage	—	Solar Proponent Llc
31.8 mi	Marble Falls Marble Falls, TX	Hydroelectric	40 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
33.5 mi	Sandow Lakes Energy Station Lexington, TX	Natural Gas	—	Sl Energy Power Plant I, Llc
33.7 mi	Lost Pines 1 Power Project Bastrop, TX	Natural Gas	609 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
33.8 mi	Sim Gideon Bastrop, TX	Natural Gas	623 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
35.6 mi	Adelite Storage Project Llc Thorndale, TX	Battery Storage	—	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
36.4 mi	Granite Shoals Marble Falls, TX	Hydroelectric	54 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
36.7 mi	Timmerman Power Plant Maxwell, TX	Natural Gas	—	Lower Colorado River Authority
37.5 mi	Redsun Pv And Bess Burnet, TX	Battery Storage	—	Gransolar Texas Twenty Two Llc
38.1 mi	Gransolar Texas One, Llc Thorndale, TX	Solar	—	Gransolar Texas One, Llc
38.4 mi	Thomas C Ferguson Horseshoe Bay, TX	Natural Gas	575 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
39.9 mi	Stoneridge Solar, Llc Thorndale, TX	Battery Storage	—	Rwe Clean Energy
40.7 mi	Stegall Solar And Storage Killeen, TX	Solar	—	Belltown Power Texas 2, Llc
40.9 mi	Cosper Solar Killeen, TX	Solar	—	Gransolar Texas Twenty Llc
41.3 mi	Walleye Solar (Sandow Ii) Alcoa, TX	Solar	—	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
42.5 mi	Sandow No 4 Rockdale, TX	Coal	—	Luminant Generation Company Llc
42.7 mi	Sandow No 5 Rockdale, TX	Coal	—	Luminant Generation Company Llc
43.9 mi	Inks Buchanan Dam, TX	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
45.3 mi	Hooper Solar And Storage Lexington, TX	Solar	—	Belltown Power Texas 2, Llc
45.3 mi	Hays Energy Project San Marcos, TX	Natural Gas	989 MW	Hays Energy, Llc
45.3 mi	Canyon Canyon Lake, TX	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Guadalupe Blanco River Authority
45.5 mi	Big Star Solar, Llc (Hybrid) Rosanky, TX	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
46.3 mi	Buchanan Dam (Tx) Buchanan Dam, TX	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
47.4 mi	Wal407 Killeen, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
48.8 mi	Mesquite Creek Lfgte Project New Braunfels, TX	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
49.5 mi	Phantom Solar Fort Hood, TX	Solar	15 MW	Phantom Solar, Llc
50.0 mi	Wal1232 Belton, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 56 power plants within 50 miles of Austin, Texas (ZIP 78759), with a combined 5,438 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 20 of the 56 nearby plants. The closest plant is Domain Integrated Energy System at 1.7 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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