Power Plants Near 79079 — Shamrock, TX

8 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 79079 (Shamrock, Texas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.2142, -100.2490 · County: Wheeler

Wind 99%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
26.3 mi	Elk City Llc Sweetwater, OK	Wind	198 MW	Elk City Llc
32.8 mi	Dempsey Ridge Wind Farm Cheyenne, OK	Wind	132 MW	Acciona Wind Energy Usa Llc
34.5 mi	Miami Wind Energy Center Miami, TX	Wind	289 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
34.7 mi	Ip Meitner Solar Pampa, TX	Solar	—	Ip Meitner, Llc
36.4 mi	Celanese Pampa, TX	Other	—	Southwestern Public Service Co
38.8 mi	Salt Fork Wind Project, Llc Clarendon, TX	Wind	174 MW	Southern Power Co
46.4 mi	Ip Meitner Wind Miami, TX	Wind	—	Ip Meitner, Llc
48.0 mi	Mangum Mangum, OK	Natural Gas	7 MW	City Of Mangum - (Ok)

Power generation near this area

There are 8 power plants within 50 miles of Shamrock, Texas (ZIP 79079), with a combined 799 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 8 nearby plants. The closest plant is Elk City Llc at 26.3 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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