494th largest plant in Texas · 2672nd nationally
Basf Freeport Works is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 92.7 MW. It generates roughly 588.6k MWh per year — enough to power about 56,057 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 72% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 627 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (92.7 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Basf Freeport Works |
|---|---|
| Operator | Basf Corporation |
| City | Feeeport |
| County | Brazoria County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 77541 |
| Coordinates | 29.00200, -95.39400 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 81.0 MW | Operating | 1999 |
| GEN2 | All Other | WH | 11.7 MW | Operating | 1999 |
| CO₂ | 184.6k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 5 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 497 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 627 lb/MWh |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | TRE |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Electric Reliability Council Of Texas, Inc. |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.