Power Plants Near 79116 — Amarillo, TX

37 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 79116 (Amarillo, Texas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.2454, -101.9990 · County: Potter

Wind 63%Coal 21%Natural Gas 14%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.8 mi	Carol Wind, Llc Amarillo, TX	Wind	—	Carol Wind, Llc
11.5 mi	Spinning Spur Wind Llc Vegas, TX	Wind	161 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
11.9 mi	Golden Spread Panhandle Wnd Rch Wilderado, TX	Wind	78 MW	Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc
14.5 mi	Nichols Amarillo, TX	Natural Gas	475 MW	Southwestern Public Service Co
14.7 mi	Harrington Amarillo, TX	Coal	1,080 MW	Southwestern Public Service Co
17.5 mi	Wildorado Wind Llc Vega, TX	Wind	161 MW	Wildorado Wind, Llc
18.1 mi	Canadian Breaks, Llc Vega, TX	Wind	210 MW	Canadian Breaks Llc
22.8 mi	Ul Advanced Wind Turbine Test Facility Canyon, TX	Wind	4 MW	West Texas A&m University
25.4 mi	Majestic 2 Wind Farm Panhandle, TX	Wind	—	Pattern Operators Lp
25.6 mi	Majestic Ii Wind Panhandle, TX	Wind	80 MW	Nextera Energy Majestic Wind
26.8 mi	Pantex Amarillo, TX	Wind	12 MW	Pantex (Nnsa)
27.6 mi	Renegade Solar Project (Dawn) Dawn, TX	Solar	—	Renegade Renewables, Llc
28.3 mi	Majestic 1 Wind Farm Panhandle, TX	Wind	80 MW	Nextera Energy Majestic Wind
32.0 mi	Route 66 Wind Plant Panhandle, TX	Wind	150 MW	Onward Energy
33.0 mi	Astra Wind Farm Happy, TX	Wind	163 MW	Astra Wind Llc
35.8 mi	Tx Hereford Wind Hereford, TX	Wind	200 MW	Boralex Us Operations Llc
37.8 mi	Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 Llc Panhandle, TX	Wind	182 MW	Pattern Operators Lp
38.6 mi	Ip Roman Solar Hereford, TX	Solar	—	Ip Roman, Llc
38.6 mi	Ip Roman Wind Hereford, TX	Wind	—	Ip Roman, Llc
38.6 mi	Spinning Spur Wind Ii Adrian, TX	Wind	161 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
38.8 mi	Grandview Wind Farm, Llc Panhandle, TX	Wind	211 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
38.9 mi	T-Bone Wind (10) Llc Dumas, TX	Wind	9 MW	Upc Power Solutions
39.1 mi	Tx Jumbo Road Wind Hereford, TX	Wind	300 MW	Tx Jumbo Road Wind, Llc
39.2 mi	Ribeye Wind (11) Llc Dumas, TX	Wind	10 MW	Upc Power Solutions
39.4 mi	Goodnight Claude, TX	Wind	266 MW	Fge Goodnight I, Llc
40.9 mi	Spinning Spur Wind Iii Adrian, TX	Wind	194 MW	Boralex Us Operations Llc
41.1 mi	Grandview Wind Farm Iii Llc Panhandle, TX	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
43.0 mi	Borger Plant Borger, TX	Other Fossil	30 MW	Sid Richardson Carbon Ltd
43.2 mi	Engineered Carbons Borger Cogen Borger, TX	Other Fossil	20 MW	Orion Engineered Carbons
43.9 mi	Pattern Panhandle Wind Llc Panhandle, TX	Wind	218 MW	Pattern Operators Lp
44.6 mi	Easter Hart, TX	Wind	—	Tri Global Energy, Llc
44.7 mi	Llano Estacado Wind Ranch White Deer, TX	Wind	80 MW	Llano Estacado Wind Ranch
45.8 mi	Colbeck's Corner, Llc Groom, TX	Wind	200 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
46.2 mi	Riverview Borger, TX	Natural Gas	—	Southwestern Public Service Co
47.4 mi	Nacero Penwell Solar Energy Center Westway, TX	Solar	—	Dg Penwell North, Llc
47.5 mi	Black Hawk Station Borger, TX	Natural Gas	244 MW	Borger Energy Associates Lp
48.7 mi	Sunray Wind I Sunray, TX	Wind	50 MW	Diamond Shamrock Refining Company Lp

Power generation near this area

There are 37 power plants within 50 miles of Amarillo, Texas (ZIP 79116), with a combined 5,025 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 28 of the 37 nearby plants. The closest plant is Carol Wind, Llc 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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