Power Plants Near 78957 — Smithville, TX

47 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 78957 (Smithville, Texas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.0178, -97.1494 · County: Bastrop

Natural Gas 59%Coal 31%Other Fossil 4%Solar 3%Battery Storage 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.3 mi	Winchester Power Park Winchester, TX	Natural Gas	242 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
11.2 mi	Big Star Solar, Llc (Hybrid) Rosanky, TX	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
11.4 mi	Sim Gideon Bastrop, TX	Natural Gas	623 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
11.6 mi	Lost Pines 1 Power Project Bastrop, TX	Natural Gas	609 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
15.2 mi	7v Solar Ranch Muldoon, TX	Solar	—	7v Solar Ranch, Llc
19.9 mi	Dogwood Creek Solar And Bess Bastrop, TX	Battery Storage	—	Solar Proponent Llc
24.9 mi	Fayette Power Project La Grange, TX	Coal	1,690 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
25.5 mi	Bastrop Energy Center Cedar Creek, TX	Natural Gas	619 MW	Bastrop Energy Partners, Lp
26.3 mi	Webberville Solar Project Manor, TX	Solar	30 MW	Frv Ae Solar Llc
27.9 mi	Sandow Lakes Energy Station Lexington, TX	Natural Gas	—	Sl Energy Power Plant I, Llc
29.1 mi	Hooper Solar And Storage Lexington, TX	Solar	—	Belltown Power Texas 2, Llc
30.0 mi	Tx21 River Valley Storage 2 Elgin, TX	Other Fossil	50 MW	Key Capture Energy
30.1 mi	Tx19 River Valley Storage 1 Elgin, TX	Other Fossil	50 MW	Key Capture Energy
30.7 mi	Sand Hill Austin, TX	Natural Gas	696 MW	Austin Energy
31.4 mi	Austin Tx Gigafactory Austin, TX	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
31.6 mi	Gftx Bess Austin, TX	Battery Storage	125 MW	Giga Texas Energy Llc
33.5 mi	East Blackland Solar Project 1 Manor, TX	Solar	144 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
33.6 mi	Abia Parking Structure Austin, TX	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
34.0 mi	Decker Creek Austin, TX	Natural Gas	206 MW	Austin Energy
35.7 mi	Austin Gas Recovery Austin, TX	Biomass	5 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
36.0 mi	Grs Sunset Farms Austin, TX	Natural Gas	—	Gas Recovery Systems Inc
36.2 mi	System Control Center Austin, TX	Other Fossil	5 MW	Austin Energy
36.3 mi	Powerfin Kingsbery Austin, TX	Solar	3 MW	Powerfin Asl 1, Llc
36.4 mi	Kingsberry Energy Storage System Austin, TX	Other Fossil	2 MW	Austin Energy
37.1 mi	Prost Ess Tbd, TX	Battery Storage	—	Prost Ess Llc
37.2 mi	Tx12 Silicon Hill Storage Pflugerville, TX	Other Fossil	100 MW	Key Capture Energy
37.5 mi	Holly Street Austin, TX	Natural Gas	—	Austin Energy
38.2 mi	Stoneridge Solar, Llc Thorndale, TX	Battery Storage	—	Rwe Clean Energy
38.2 mi	Sandow No 4 Rockdale, TX	Coal	—	Luminant Generation Company Llc
38.3 mi	Walleye Solar (Sandow Ii) Alcoa, TX	Solar	—	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
38.4 mi	Sandow No 5 Rockdale, TX	Coal	—	Luminant Generation Company Llc
38.8 mi	Robert Mueller Energy Center Austin, TX	Natural Gas	6 MW	Austin Energy
39.6 mi	Hal C Weaver Power Plant Austin, TX	Natural Gas	153 MW	University Of Texas At Austin
40.2 mi	Gransolar Texas One, Llc Thorndale, TX	Solar	—	Gransolar Texas One, Llc
40.6 mi	Timmerman Power Plant Maxwell, TX	Natural Gas	—	Lower Colorado River Authority
40.6 mi	Wal5479 Pflugerville, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
41.9 mi	Adelite Storage Project Llc Thorndale, TX	Battery Storage	—	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
42.4 mi	Austin Austin, TX	Hydroelectric	18 MW	Lower Colorado River Authority
43.2 mi	H 5 Gonzales, TX	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Guadalupe Blanco River Authority
43.2 mi	Domain Integrated Energy System Austin, TX	Natural Gas	—	Austin Energy
44.9 mi	Lampe Solar Brenham, TX	Solar	—	Gransolar Texas Seven Llc
45.1 mi	Wal5480 Round Rock, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Walmart Stores Texas, Llc
46.0 mi	H 4 Cost, TX	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Guadalupe Blanco River Authority
46.1 mi	Heb00591 Round Rock, TX	Natural Gas	2 MW	Texas Microgrid, Llc
48.9 mi	Sky Global Power One Rock Island, TX	Natural Gas	51 MW	Sky Global Power One Pledgor, Llc
49.0 mi	Central Utility Plant Austin, TX	Natural Gas	14 MW	Silicon Hills Campus, Llc
49.3 mi	Ikea Round Rock 027 Round Rock, TX	Solar	1 MW	Ikea Property Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 47 power plants within 50 miles of Smithville, Texas (ZIP 78957), with a combined 5,454 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 18 of the 47 nearby plants. The closest plant is Winchester Power Park at 9.3 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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