Coleto Creek — United States of America

Coleto Creek is a 600 MW coal power station in Texas, United States of America. It ranks #1058 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 16.3% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0006178.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000104195; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 600 MW, Coleto Creek is around the median coal plant in United States of America (558 MW). Technically it is described as Steam. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.

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

How it compares & nearby plants

The #378 largest coal power plant of 802 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 802 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 621,194 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Coleto Creek power station · Coal · 600 MW · Texas
• Victoria County nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 3,070 MW · Texas
• Victoria · Gas · 376.9 MW · Texas
• Sam Rayburn · Gas · 190 MW · Texas
• Victoria Texas Plant · Gas · 102.4 MW · Texas
• Victoria Port Power LLC · Gas · 100 MW · Texas

Location

Coordinates 28.7128, -97.2142 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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