Permian Basin — United States of America

Permian Basin is a 445 MW gas power station in Texas, United States of America. It ranks #1312 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 USA0003494.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000402069; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 445 MW, Permian Basin 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 #639 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

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• Notrees Windpower Hybrid · Wind · 188.5 MW · Texas
• Wolf Bone Energy Center · Gas · 1,974 MW · Texas

Location

Coordinates 31.5839, -102.9633 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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