Power Plants Near 79042 — Happy, TX

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 79042 (Happy, Texas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.7219, -101.8256 · County: Swisher

Wind 61%Coal 20%Solar 9%Natural Gas 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.3 mi	Astra Wind Farm Happy, TX	Wind	163 MW	Astra Wind Llc
17.0 mi	Ul Advanced Wind Turbine Test Facility Canyon, TX	Wind	4 MW	West Texas A&m University
18.0 mi	Tx Nazareth Solar Tulia, TX	Solar	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
18.3 mi	Hornet Solar (Tx) Tulia, TX	Solar	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
18.4 mi	Hornet Solar Ii (Tx) (Hybrid) Tulia, TX	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
19.4 mi	Changing Winds Nazareth, TX	Wind	—	Invenergy Services Llc
19.9 mi	Tx Hereford Wind Hereford, TX	Wind	200 MW	Boralex Us Operations Llc
24.3 mi	Tx Jumbo Road Wind Hereford, TX	Wind	300 MW	Tx Jumbo Road Wind, Llc
25.4 mi	Hecate Energy Frye Solar Llc Kress, TX	Solar	500 MW	Repsol Renewables Na
27.0 mi	Hart Wind Hart, TX	Wind	—	Hart Wind Project, Llc
28.5 mi	Renegade Solar Project (Dawn) Dawn, TX	Solar	—	Renegade Renewables, Llc
30.1 mi	Easter Hart, TX	Wind	—	Tri Global Energy, Llc
38.2 mi	Goodnight Claude, TX	Wind	266 MW	Fge Goodnight I, Llc
38.3 mi	Bethel Wind Farm Llc Dimmitt, TX	Wind	276 MW	Southern Power Co
39.0 mi	Briscoe Wind Farm Silverton, TX	Wind	150 MW	Briscoe Wind Farm, Llc
39.1 mi	Nichols Amarillo, TX	Natural Gas	475 MW	Southwestern Public Service Co
39.5 mi	Carol Wind, Llc Amarillo, TX	Wind	—	Carol Wind, Llc
40.1 mi	Harrington Amarillo, TX	Coal	1,080 MW	Southwestern Public Service Co
40.1 mi	Route 66 Wind Plant Panhandle, TX	Wind	150 MW	Onward Energy
41.5 mi	Spinning Spur Wind Llc Vegas, TX	Wind	161 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
42.1 mi	Golden Spread Panhandle Wnd Rch Wilderado, TX	Wind	78 MW	Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc
42.9 mi	Mariah Del Norte Friona, TX	Wind	230 MW	Bhe Renewables, Llc
43.1 mi	Canadian Breaks, Llc Vega, TX	Wind	210 MW	Canadian Breaks Llc
43.3 mi	Longhorn Wind Silverton, TX	Wind	200 MW	Boralex Us Operations Llc
43.9 mi	Nacero Penwell Solar Energy Center Westway, TX	Solar	—	Dg Penwell North, Llc
44.2 mi	South Plains Ii Lockney, TX	Wind	300 MW	Onward Energy
44.7 mi	Pantex Amarillo, TX	Wind	12 MW	Pantex (Nnsa)
46.1 mi	Grandview Wind Farm, Llc Panhandle, TX	Wind	211 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
47.8 mi	Wildorado Wind Llc Vega, TX	Wind	161 MW	Wildorado Wind, Llc
48.0 mi	Majestic Ii Wind Panhandle, TX	Wind	80 MW	Nextera Energy Majestic Wind
48.1 mi	Ip Roman Solar Hereford, TX	Solar	—	Ip Roman, Llc
48.1 mi	Ip Roman Wind Hereford, TX	Wind	—	Ip Roman, Llc
48.3 mi	Majestic 2 Wind Farm Panhandle, TX	Wind	—	Pattern Operators Lp
49.2 mi	Majestic 1 Wind Farm Panhandle, TX	Wind	80 MW	Nextera Energy Majestic Wind

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Happy, Texas (ZIP 79042), with a combined 5,285 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 25 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is Astra Wind Farm at 13.3 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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