Gas power plant in Texas, United States of America. Approximate location 32.4031, -97.7006.
GasTexasUnited States of AmericaOCGTPre ConstructionCO₂ modelled
DeCordova Steam Electric Station is a 356 MW gas power station in Texas, United States of America. It ranks #1505 of 10,938 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Its modelled annual emissions are 519,630 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 121k cars driven for a year. 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).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0008063.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000401576; fuel: WRI GPPD
At 356 MW, DeCordova Steam Electric Station is well above the median gas plant in United States of America (121.2 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.
The #719 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.
Coordinates 32.4031, -97.7006 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
DeCordova Steam Electric Station is a 356 MW gas power plant in Texas, United States of America, Pre Construction 1990.
DeCordova Steam Electric Station has modelled emissions of about 519,630 tonnes of CO₂ per year (Climate TRACE).
