Storage power plant in Texas, United States of America. Approximate location 30.2199, -97.7088.
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System Control Center is a 5 MW storage power plant in Texas, United States of America. It is operated by Austin Energy. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 1,251 homes (estimated). It ranks #6033 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2012, it is around 14 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0061742.
Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Austin Energy. All plants by this company →
This storage plant stores and releases electricity (pumped-hydro or batteries) to balance the grid. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 30.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 66% 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: 25/100 — 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.
The #44 largest storage power plant of 104 in United States of America by capacity.
United States of America has 104 storage power plants in this dataset, together about 816 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 30.2199, -97.7088 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
