Power Plants Near 78950 — New Ulm, TX

33 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 78950 (New Ulm, Texas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 29.9134, -96.4961 · County: Austin

Coal 44%Natural Gas 41%Solar 13%Battery Storage 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.8 mi	Prost Ess Tbd, TX	Battery Storage	—	Prost Ess Llc
15.2 mi	Fayette Power Project La Grange, TX	Coal	1,690 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
18.4 mi	Sealy Bess Sealy, TX	Battery Storage	—	Sealy Power, Llc
23.4 mi	E-Volve Energy Holdings Llc Sealy, TX	Solar	1 MW	E-Volve Energy Holdings Llc
25.2 mi	Sky Global Power One Rock Island, TX	Natural Gas	51 MW	Sky Global Power One Pledgor, Llc
27.5 mi	Lampe Solar Brenham, TX	Solar	—	Gransolar Texas Seven Llc
27.9 mi	Sunrose Renewable Energy Wallis, TX	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
30.8 mi	Winchester Power Park Winchester, TX	Natural Gas	242 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
31.8 mi	Bovine Wallis, TX	Solar	10 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
33.8 mi	Raven Storage East Bernard, TX	Battery Storage	—	Raven Storage, Llc
35.4 mi	7v Solar Ranch Muldoon, TX	Solar	—	7v Solar Ranch, Llc
38.2 mi	Stonegate Katy, TX	Oil	9 MW	Power Depot Group A, Llc
39.4 mi	Fort Bend Solar Llc East Bernard, TX	Solar	240 MW	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
40.0 mi	Bernard Creek Solar Hungerford, TX	Solar	230 MW	Bernard Creek Solar, Llc
40.9 mi	Bronson Beasley, TX	Solar	10 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
42.0 mi	Heb00797 Katy, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Generate Er-Ng, Llc
42.4 mi	Wal3226 Katy, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
42.7 mi	Buc00040 Katy, TX	Natural Gas	2 MW	Texas Microgrid, Llc
44.1 mi	Wal4512 Katy, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
44.7 mi	Heb00776 Katy, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Generate Er-Ng, Llc
45.3 mi	Heb00020 Cypress, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Texas Microgrid, Llc
45.7 mi	Hooper Solar And Storage Lexington, TX	Solar	—	Belltown Power Texas 2, Llc
45.8 mi	Ratcliff Solar Park Plantersville, TX	Solar	—	Greenalia Solar Power Ratcliff, Llc
45.9 mi	Wal3827 Richmond, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
46.4 mi	Big Star Solar, Llc (Hybrid) Rosanky, TX	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
47.1 mi	Wal4538 Katy, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
47.2 mi	Wal768 Katy, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
47.7 mi	Clear Fork Creek Solar And Bess Slf Nixon, TX	Battery Storage	—	Clear Fork
48.0 mi	Wal5091 Cypress, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
48.3 mi	Brazos Bend Bess, Llc Rosenburg, TX	Battery Storage	100 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
49.0 mi	Sim Gideon Bastrop, TX	Natural Gas	623 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
49.1 mi	Lost Pines 1 Power Project Bastrop, TX	Natural Gas	609 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
49.5 mi	Central Utility Plant - Texas A&m College Station, TX	Natural Gas	45 MW	Texas A&m, Utilities & Energy Services

Power generation near this area

There are 33 power plants within 50 miles of New Ulm, Texas (ZIP 78950), with a combined 3,873 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 33 nearby plants. The closest plant is Prost Ess at 3.8 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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