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Arlington Outlet Hydroelectric Generator

Hydro power plant in Texas, United States of America. Approximate location 32.6391, -97.2429.

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Arlington Outlet Hydroelectric Generator is a 1 MW hydro power plant in Texas, United States of America. It is operated by Tarrant Regional Water District. Based on reported annual generation of 2 GWh, it can supply roughly 428 homes. It ranks #8994 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2015, it is around 11 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 5.3% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

1MW installed capacity
2GWh reported / yr
428homes powered
2015commissioned (~11 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0061355.

Reported generation trend

2016: 0 GWh20162017: 2 GWh20172018: 1 GWh20182019: 2 GWh20192 GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Tarrant Regional Water District.

Local climate & thermal context

This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 32.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

18.6°Cannual mean temp
1,129heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,378cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
185 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 7 °CJF: 10 °CFM: 14 °CMA: 18 °CAM: 23 °CMJ: 27 °CJJ: 29 °CJA: 29 °CAS: 25 °CSO: 20 °CON: 13 °CND: 9 °CD29 °C

Heating degree-days here run 54% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 28/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1337 largest hydro power plant of 1449 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 1449 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 101,657 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 32.6391, -97.2429 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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