Power Plants Near 79121 — Amarillo, TX

40 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 79121 (Amarillo, Texas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.1697, -101.9266 · County: Randall

Wind 63%Coal 22%Natural Gas 14%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.0 mi	Carol Wind, Llc Amarillo, TX	Wind	—	Carol Wind, Llc
12.8 mi	Nichols Amarillo, TX	Natural Gas	475 MW	Southwestern Public Service Co
13.5 mi	Harrington Amarillo, TX	Coal	1,080 MW	Southwestern Public Service Co
16.2 mi	Ul Advanced Wind Turbine Test Facility Canyon, TX	Wind	4 MW	West Texas A&m University
16.3 mi	Spinning Spur Wind Llc Vegas, TX	Wind	161 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
16.8 mi	Golden Spread Panhandle Wnd Rch Wilderado, TX	Wind	78 MW	Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc
22.1 mi	Canadian Breaks, Llc Vega, TX	Wind	210 MW	Canadian Breaks Llc
22.9 mi	Wildorado Wind Llc Vega, TX	Wind	161 MW	Wildorado Wind, Llc
24.6 mi	Majestic 2 Wind Farm Panhandle, TX	Wind	—	Pattern Operators Lp
24.6 mi	Pantex Amarillo, TX	Wind	12 MW	Pantex (Nnsa)
24.7 mi	Majestic Ii Wind Panhandle, TX	Wind	80 MW	Nextera Energy Majestic Wind
26.3 mi	Renegade Solar Project (Dawn) Dawn, TX	Solar	—	Renegade Renewables, Llc
27.1 mi	Majestic 1 Wind Farm Panhandle, TX	Wind	80 MW	Nextera Energy Majestic Wind
27.9 mi	Route 66 Wind Plant Panhandle, TX	Wind	150 MW	Onward Energy
28.6 mi	Astra Wind Farm Happy, TX	Wind	163 MW	Astra Wind Llc
32.3 mi	Tx Hereford Wind Hereford, TX	Wind	200 MW	Boralex Us Operations Llc
34.3 mi	Goodnight Claude, TX	Wind	266 MW	Fge Goodnight I, Llc
35.1 mi	Grandview Wind Farm, Llc Panhandle, TX	Wind	211 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
36.2 mi	Tx Jumbo Road Wind Hereford, TX	Wind	300 MW	Tx Jumbo Road Wind, Llc
36.5 mi	Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 Llc Panhandle, TX	Wind	182 MW	Pattern Operators Lp
38.1 mi	Grandview Wind Farm Iii Llc Panhandle, TX	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
40.4 mi	Ip Roman Solar Hereford, TX	Solar	—	Ip Roman, Llc
40.4 mi	Ip Roman Wind Hereford, TX	Wind	—	Ip Roman, Llc
42.0 mi	Pattern Panhandle Wind Llc Panhandle, TX	Wind	218 MW	Pattern Operators Lp
42.2 mi	Easter Hart, TX	Wind	—	Tri Global Energy, Llc
42.2 mi	Colbeck's Corner, Llc Groom, TX	Wind	200 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
43.2 mi	Llano Estacado Wind Ranch White Deer, TX	Wind	80 MW	Llano Estacado Wind Ranch
43.3 mi	Spinning Spur Wind Ii Adrian, TX	Wind	161 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
44.0 mi	Borger Plant Borger, TX	Other Fossil	30 MW	Sid Richardson Carbon Ltd
44.2 mi	Engineered Carbons Borger Cogen Borger, TX	Other Fossil	20 MW	Orion Engineered Carbons
44.3 mi	T-Bone Wind (10) Llc Dumas, TX	Wind	9 MW	Upc Power Solutions
44.5 mi	Ribeye Wind (11) Llc Dumas, TX	Wind	10 MW	Upc Power Solutions
45.7 mi	Spinning Spur Wind Iii Adrian, TX	Wind	194 MW	Boralex Us Operations Llc
46.0 mi	Changing Winds Nazareth, TX	Wind	—	Invenergy Services Llc
47.0 mi	Tx Nazareth Solar Tulia, TX	Solar	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
47.1 mi	Nacero Penwell Solar Energy Center Westway, TX	Solar	—	Dg Penwell North, Llc
47.4 mi	Hornet Solar (Tx) Tulia, TX	Solar	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
47.4 mi	Riverview Borger, TX	Natural Gas	—	Southwestern Public Service Co
47.5 mi	Hornet Solar Ii (Tx) (Hybrid) Tulia, TX	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
48.4 mi	Black Hawk Station Borger, TX	Natural Gas	244 MW	Borger Energy Associates Lp

Power generation near this area

There are 40 power plants within 50 miles of Amarillo, Texas (ZIP 79121), with a combined 4,976 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 28 of the 40 nearby plants. The closest plant is Carol Wind, Llc at 10.0 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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