Power Plants in Wharton County, Texas

Wharton County, Texas has 17 power plants totaling 4,578 MW of nameplate capacity. Browse every plant below with fuel type, operator, and capacity.

Plants17operating sites
Capacity4,577 MWnameplate
Generation10.8M MWhannual
CO₂4.3Mmetric tons/year
Solar 53%Natural Gas 43%Battery Storage 3%

Plant locations

All plants in this county

PlantCityFuelCapacityOperator
Colorado Bend IiWhartonNatural Gas1,230 MWConstellation Power, Inc
Gulfstar Power, LlcWhartonSolar752 MWGulfstar Power, Llc
Colorado Bend Energy CenterWhartonNatural Gas654 MWCer Colorado Bend Energy Partners Lp
Danish Fields Solar, LlcEl CampoSolar600 MWDanish Fields Solar, Llc
Aktina SolarEl CampoSolar500 MWHecate Energy Ramsey, Llc
Red Tailed Hawk Solar LlcPierceSolar350 MWAcciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
Bernard Creek SolarHungerfordSolar230 MWBernard Creek Solar, Llc
Danish Fields StorageEl CampoBattery Storage150 MWDanish Fields Storage, Llc
Newgulf CogenNewgulfNatural Gas102 MWWharton County Generation Llc
Cascade Solar (Tx)WhartonSolar10.0 MWCypress Creek Renewables
Oci SunroperLane CityBattery Storage— MWOci Energy Llc
Prairie Switch Wind LlcEl CampoWind— MWPrairie Switch Wind Llc
Hecate Energy Ramsey StorageEl CampoBattery Storage— MWHecate Energy Ramsey Storage, Llc
Lane City WindLane CityWind— MWLane City Wind, Llc
Wittig Solar ParkBolingSolar— MWGreenalia Solar Power Wittig, Llc
Raven StorageEast BernardBattery Storage— MWRaven Storage, Llc
ErinLane CitySolar— MWErin Solar Llc

About power generation in Wharton County

Wharton County, Texas has 17 power plants totaling 4,578 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the dominant fuel source at 53% of installed capacity, followed by Natural Gas (43%) and Battery Storage (3%). The largest facility is Colorado Bend Ii at 1,230 MW. Data comes from EIA Form 860, EIA Form 923, and EPA eGRID federal releases.

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