Galaxy Helios 1 power plant — United States of America

Galaxy Helios 1 power plant is a 252 MW oil power station in Texas, United States of America. It ranks #1736 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. In context, oil supplies about 0.7% 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_galaxyhelios1_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 252 MW, Galaxy Helios 1 power plant is well above the median oil plant in United States of America (7.2 MW). Technically it is described as Engine. Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Oil-fired plants burn heavy fuel oil or diesel, usually as peaking or backup capacity on islands and grids without gas pipelines; high fuel cost keeps their utilisation low.

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

How it compares & nearby plants

The #30 largest oil power plant of 902 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 902 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 40,022 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• McAdoo Wind Energy LLC · Wind · 150 MW · Texas
• Wake Wind Energy Center · Wind · 257.3 MW · Texas
• Whirlwind Energy Center · Wind · 59.8 MW · Texas
• Cotton Plains Wind Farm · Wind · 50.4 MW · Texas
• Old Settler Wind · Wind · 151.2 MW · Texas
• Ralls Wind Farm · Wind · 10 MW · Texas

Location

Coordinates 33.780399, -100.86692 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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