Gaines County Power Plant — United States of America

Gaines County Power Plant is a 1,160 MW gas power station in Texas, United States of America. It ranks #499 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).

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

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 1,160 MW, Gaines County Power Plant 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #167 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

• SPS4 Monument · Solar · 10.1 MW · New Mexico
• Maddox · Gas · 201 MW · New Mexico
• Hobbs Generating Station · Gas · 682 MW · New Mexico
• Cunningham · Gas · 519.2 MW · New Mexico
• SPS3 Lea · Solar · 10 MW · New Mexico
• Lapetus · Solar · 100 MW · Texas

Location

Coordinates 32.6328304, -103.0563373 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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