Power Plants Near 79178 — Amarillo, TX

40 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 79178 (Amarillo, Texas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.4015, -101.8951 · County: Potter

Wind 61%Coal 23%Natural Gas 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.0 mi	Harrington Amarillo, TX	Coal	1,080 MW	Southwestern Public Service Co
11.7 mi	Nichols Amarillo, TX	Natural Gas	475 MW	Southwestern Public Service Co
13.7 mi	Carol Wind, Llc Amarillo, TX	Wind	—	Carol Wind, Llc
17.4 mi	Majestic 2 Wind Farm Panhandle, TX	Wind	—	Pattern Operators Lp
17.9 mi	Majestic Ii Wind Panhandle, TX	Wind	80 MW	Nextera Energy Majestic Wind
20.6 mi	Majestic 1 Wind Farm Panhandle, TX	Wind	80 MW	Nextera Energy Majestic Wind
20.7 mi	Spinning Spur Wind Llc Vegas, TX	Wind	161 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
20.8 mi	Golden Spread Panhandle Wnd Rch Wilderado, TX	Wind	78 MW	Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc
21.1 mi	Pantex Amarillo, TX	Wind	12 MW	Pantex (Nnsa)
24.2 mi	Wildorado Wind Llc Vega, TX	Wind	161 MW	Wildorado Wind, Llc
27.5 mi	Canadian Breaks, Llc Vega, TX	Wind	210 MW	Canadian Breaks Llc
28.7 mi	T-Bone Wind (10) Llc Dumas, TX	Wind	9 MW	Upc Power Solutions
28.7 mi	Ribeye Wind (11) Llc Dumas, TX	Wind	10 MW	Upc Power Solutions
29.3 mi	Route 66 Wind Plant Panhandle, TX	Wind	150 MW	Onward Energy
29.5 mi	Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 Llc Panhandle, TX	Wind	182 MW	Pattern Operators Lp
30.7 mi	Ul Advanced Wind Turbine Test Facility Canyon, TX	Wind	4 MW	West Texas A&m University
31.6 mi	Borger Plant Borger, TX	Other Fossil	30 MW	Sid Richardson Carbon Ltd
31.9 mi	Engineered Carbons Borger Cogen Borger, TX	Other Fossil	20 MW	Orion Engineered Carbons
34.6 mi	Riverview Borger, TX	Natural Gas	—	Southwestern Public Service Co
34.8 mi	Grandview Wind Farm, Llc Panhandle, TX	Wind	211 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
35.5 mi	Grandview Wind Farm Iii Llc Panhandle, TX	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
36.2 mi	Pattern Panhandle Wind Llc Panhandle, TX	Wind	218 MW	Pattern Operators Lp
36.3 mi	Black Hawk Station Borger, TX	Natural Gas	244 MW	Borger Energy Associates Lp
36.4 mi	Llano Estacado Wind Ranch White Deer, TX	Wind	80 MW	Llano Estacado Wind Ranch
37.6 mi	Sunray Wind I Sunray, TX	Wind	50 MW	Diamond Shamrock Refining Company Lp
38.5 mi	Goodnight Claude, TX	Wind	266 MW	Fge Goodnight I, Llc
39.0 mi	Tri-Tip Wind (9) Llc Sunray, TX	Wind	10 MW	Upc Power Solutions
39.1 mi	Moore County Sunray, TX	Natural Gas	—	Southwestern Public Service Co
39.9 mi	Renegade Solar Project (Dawn) Dawn, TX	Solar	—	Renegade Renewables, Llc
41.2 mi	Colbeck's Corner, Llc Groom, TX	Wind	200 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
41.3 mi	Little Pringle Ii Wind Farm Morse, TX	Wind	10 MW	Everpoint Services Inc
41.9 mi	Brisket Wind (8) Llc Sunray, TX	Wind	10 MW	Upc Power Solutions
43.2 mi	Flat Iron Wind (7) Llc Sunray, TX	Wind	10 MW	Upc Power Solutions
43.7 mi	Little Pringle I Wind Farm Morse, TX	Wind	10 MW	Everpoint Services Inc
44.6 mi	Astra Wind Farm Happy, TX	Wind	163 MW	Astra Wind Llc
45.2 mi	Spinning Spur Wind Ii Adrian, TX	Wind	161 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
47.1 mi	Spinning Spur Wind Iii Adrian, TX	Wind	194 MW	Boralex Us Operations Llc
47.8 mi	Tx Hereford Wind Hereford, TX	Wind	200 MW	Boralex Us Operations Llc
49.2 mi	Ip Roman Solar Hereford, TX	Solar	—	Ip Roman, Llc
49.2 mi	Ip Roman Wind Hereford, TX	Wind	—	Ip Roman, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 40 power plants within 50 miles of Amarillo, Texas (ZIP 79178), with a combined 4,776 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 31 of the 40 nearby plants. The closest plant is Harrington at 11.0 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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