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Atascocita — United States of America

Retired gas power-station site in Texas, United States of America. Approximate location 29.9522, -95.2422.

GasTexasUnited States of AmericaRetired

Atascocita is a retired gas power station in Texas, United States of America. Its current lifecycle status is “Retired” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. It ranks #5930 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 40.0% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

8.5MW installed capacity

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-1869.

Data status

Known data

FacilityAtascocita Climate TRACE

CountryUnited States of America · Texas Climate TRACE

Coordinates29.9522, -95.2422 Climate TRACE

FuelGas Climate TRACE

MW installed capacity8.5 MW EIA-860M May 2026 retired generator inventory, summed by Plant ID; retired/historical capacity

OwnerTX LFG Energy LP Climate TRACE

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#5930 / 10884 calculated

Fuel-specific rank in country#1810 / 2165 calculated

Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.07× · 121.2 MW · n=2165 calculated

Climate20.2°C · HDD 657 derived from coordinates

Environmental severityC4 · 44/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

CommissionedNot available not in dataset

TechnologyNot available not in dataset

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: EIA-860M May 2026 retired generator inventory, summed by Plant ID; fuel: Climate TRACE

In context: how this plant compares

At 8.5 MW, Atascocita is below the median gas plant in United States of America (121.2 MW). Its lifecycle status is Retired; it no longer generates electricity. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1810 largest gas power plant of 2165 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 2165 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 789,950 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

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Optim Energy Altura Cogen LLC · Gas · 643.6 MW · Texas

Location

Coordinates 29.9522, -95.2422 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Atascocita?

Atascocita was a gas-fired power station in Texas, United States of America and was retired.

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