Power Plants in Nueces County, Texas

Nueces County, Texas has 18 power plants totaling 3,085 MW of nameplate capacity. Browse every plant below with fuel type, operator, and capacity.

Plants18operating sites
Capacity3,085 MWnameplate
Generation7.1M MWhannual
CO₂2.6Mmetric tons/year
Natural Gas 82%Wind 15%Oil 2%

Plant locations

All plants in this county

PlantCityFuelCapacityOperator
Barney M DavisCorpus ChristiNatural Gas1,082 MWCity Of San Antonio - (Tx)
Nueces BayCorpus ChristiNatural Gas730 MWCity Of San Antonio - (Tx)
Corpus Christi Energy CenterCorpus ChristiNatural Gas593 MWCorpus Christi Cogeneration Llc
Chapman Ranch Wind ICorpus ChristiWind236 MWChapman Ranch Wind Llc
Patriot Wind FarmBishopWind226 MWAvangrid Power Llc
Valero Refinery Corpus Christi WestCorpus ChristiOil69.2 MWValero Refining Co
Corpus RefineryCorpus ChristiNatural Gas47.0 MWFlint Hills Resources Corpus Christi Llc
Ticona Polymers IncBishopNatural Gas44.2 MWTicona Polymers Inc
Corpus ChristiCorpus ChristiNatural Gas41.0 MWEquistar Chemicals Lp
Weil Tract BessCorpus ChristiBattery Storage9.9 MWHen Infrastructure, L.l.c.
HebccbakeryCorpus ChristiNatural Gas3.2 MWTexas Microgrid, Llc
Heb00069Corpus ChristiNatural Gas1.6 MWTexas Microgrid, Llc
Heb00057Corpus ChristiNatural Gas1.2 MWTexas Microgrid, Llc
Valero Refinery Corpus Christi EastCorpus ChristiNatural Gas— MWValero Refining Co
M&g Resins UsaCorpus ChristiOther— MWCc Polymers Llc
CarinaCorpus ChristiBattery Storage— MWEngie North America
Cumbia Energy CenterCorpus ChristiBattery Storage— MWMission Clean Energy Devco Llc
Sunscape Renewable EnergyBanqueteBattery Storage— MWVesper Energy Development Llc

About power generation in Nueces County

Nueces County, Texas has 18 power plants totaling 3,085 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the dominant fuel source at 82% of installed capacity, followed by Wind (15%) and Oil (2%). The largest facility is Barney M Davis at 1,082 MW. Data comes from EIA Form 860, EIA Form 923, and EPA eGRID federal releases.

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