215th largest plant in Texas · 1277th nationally
Black Hawk Station is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 244 MW. It generates roughly 1.4M MWh per year — enough to power about 128,866 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 63% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 574 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Black Hawk Station |
|---|---|
| Operator | Borger Energy Associates Lp |
| City | Borger |
| County | Hutchinson County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 79007 |
| Coordinates | 35.69570, -101.36000 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 127 MW | Operating | 1999 |
| UNT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 127 MW | Retired | 1999 |
| UNT2B | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 117 MW | Operating | 2005 |
| CO₂ | 388.6k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 23 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 152 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 574 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 | MRO |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Southwest Power Pool |
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.