Deer Park Plant is a natural gas power plant in Texas.
| Plant Name | Deer Park Plant |
|---|---|
| Operator | Oxy Vinyls Lp |
| City | Laporte |
| County | Harris County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 77536 |
| Coordinates | 29.71000, -95.11278 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 81.0 MW | Retired | 1985 |
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 10.0 MW | Retired | 1948 |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 10.0 MW | Retired | 1948 |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 10.0 MW | Retired | 1948 |
| NERC Region | TRE |
|---|
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.