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Wolf Bone Energy Center — United States of America

Gas power plant in Texas, United States of America. Approximate location 31.329853, -103.392211.

GasTexasUnited States of AmericaCCGT · HRSGGE Vernova: 7HA.02Pre Construction

Wolf Bone Energy Center is a 1,974 MW gas power station in Texas, United States of America. It ranks #184 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).

1,974MW installed capacity
2HRSG unit(s)
2029Pre Construction

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

Data status

Known data

FacilityWolf Bone Energy Center GEM-GOGPT
CountryUnited States of America · Texas GEM-GOGPT
Coordinates31.329853, -103.392211 GEM-GOGPT
FuelGas GEM-GOGPT
MW installed capacity1,974 MW GEM GOGPT; source record
OwnerNRG Wolf Bone Energy Center LLC GEM-GOGPT
Commissioned2029 GEM-GOGPT
TechnologyCCGT · GE Vernova: 7HA.02 · HRSG GEM-GOGPT

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#184 / 10884 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#54 / 2165 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers16.29× · 121.2 MW · n=2165 calculated
Environmental severityC1 · 41/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 1,974 MW, Wolf Bone Energy Center is well above the median gas plant in United States of America (121.2 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG); GE Vernova: 7HA.02. 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 #54 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

Location

Coordinates 31.329853, -103.392211 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Wolf Bone Energy Center?

Wolf Bone Energy Center is a 1,974 MW gas power plant in Texas, United States of America, Pre Construction 2029.

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