Nacogdoches Power

Waste power plant in Texas, United States of America. Approximate location 31.8321, -94.9006.

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Nacogdoches Power is a 114 MW waste power station in Texas, United States of America. It is operated by Austin Energy. Based on reported annual generation of 72 GWh, it can supply roughly 20,457 homes. It ranks #1789 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2012, it is around 14 years old — relatively modern. In context, the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

114MW installed capacity
72GWh reported / yr
20,457homes powered
2012commissioned (~14 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0055708.

Reported generation trend

2013: 75 GWh20132014: 0 GWh20142015: 0 GWh20152016: 0 GWh20162017: 0 GWh20172018: 0 GWh20182019: 72 GWh201975 GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Austin Energy. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This waste plant recovers energy by combusting municipal or industrial waste. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 31.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

18.2°Cannual mean temp
1,082heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,187cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
138 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 8 °CJF: 10 °CFM: 14 °CMA: 18 °CAM: 22 °CMJ: 26 °CJJ: 28 °CJA: 28 °CAS: 24 °CSO: 19 °CON: 13 °CND: 9 °CD28 °C

Heating degree-days here run 56% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 27/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #7 largest waste power plant of 541 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 541 waste power plants in this dataset, together about 9,768 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 31.8321, -94.9006 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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