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Texas
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Texas has 478 power plants in our public-data catalog, totalling 133 GW of tracked capacity. Its generating fleet leans on natural gas — 56.3% of tracked capacity, with wind second at 21.1%. The largest plant we track is W A Parish (4,008 MW, online since 1974).

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478 Tracked plants
133 GW Tracked capacity
Natural Gas Leading fuel
12 Fuel types

Texas electricity mix

Tracked installed capacity by fuel. Each links to its global page.

Natural Gas 56.3% 75.2 GW Wind 21.1% 28.1 GW Coal 16% 21.3 GW Nuclear 3.8% 5.1 GW Solar 1.8% 2.5 GW Hydro 0.5% 0.6 GW Waste-to-Energy 0.2% 0.3 GW Biomass 0.1% 0.2 GW Cogeneration 0% 0.1 GW Battery Storage 0% 0.1 GW Other 0% 0 GW Oil 0% 0 GW

Largest plants in Texas

01 W A Parish Coal · 1974 4,008 MW 02 South Texas Project Nuclear · 1988 2,709 MW 03 Comanche Peak Nuclear · 1991 2,430 MW 04 Martin Lake Coal · 1977 2,380 MW 05 Forney Energy Center Natural Gas · 2003 1,894 MW 06 Limestone Coal · 1986 1,850 MW 07 Sabine Natural Gas · 1972 1,812 MW 08 Oak Grove (TX) Coal · 2010 1,795 MW 09 Midlothian Energy Facility Natural Gas · 2000 1,734 MW 10 Fayette Power Project Coal · 1981 1,690 MW 11 Panda Temple Power Station Natural Gas · 2014 1,606 MW 12 Cedar Bayou Natural Gas · 1971 1,530 MW
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Frequently asked questions

Where does Texas get its electricity?

Across the 478 plants we track in Texas, capacity is led by natural gas at 56.3%, then wind at 21.1%. These are tracked installed-capacity shares from public data, not live generation.

What is the largest power plant in Texas?

The largest plant in our Texas catalog is W A Parish, a coal facility with 4,008 MW (commissioned 1974).

How many power plants are in Texas?

Our catalog tracks 478 power plants in Texas totalling 133 GW, built from EIA, WRI and OpenStreetMap. The true total including the smallest installations is higher.

Nearby in scale

California 1,452 plants

Biggest states

California 78.3 GW Florida 65.3 GW Illinois 49 GW Pennsylvania 47.7 GW Georgia 39.2 GW New York 38.4 GW

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