Wolf Hollow II

Gas power plant in Texas, United States of America. Approximate location 32.3377, -97.7346.

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Wolf Hollow II is a 1,231 MW gas power station in Texas, United States of America. It is operated by Exelon Power. Based on reported annual generation of 6,399 GWh, it can supply roughly 1,828,285 homes. It ranks #224 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2017, it is around 9 years old — relatively modern. Its measured emissions of 1,263,547 t CO₂/yr (US EPA GHGRP) are equivalent to about 294,533 cars driven for a year. 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).

1,231MW installed capacity
6,399GWh reported / yr
1,828,285homes powered
1,263,547t CO₂ / yr (US EPA GHGRP)
2017commissioned (~9 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0059812.

1,263,547 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

294,533passenger cars driven for a year
164,782homes' yearly energy use
21,059,117tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to US EPA GHGRP.

Reported generation trend

2017: 3,603 GWh20172018: 5,317 GWh20182019: 6,399 GWh20196k GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Exelon Power. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 32.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

18.3°Cannual mean temp
1,168heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,304cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
240 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 7 °CJF: 10 °CFM: 14 °CMA: 18 °CAM: 22 °CMJ: 26 °CJJ: 29 °CJA: 28 °CAS: 25 °CSO: 19 °CON: 13 °CND: 8 °CD29 °C

Heating degree-days here run 52% 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: 28/100 — 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.

A gas turbine here also runs ~2% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

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 #79 largest gas power plant of 1818 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 1818 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 546,436 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 32.3377, -97.7346 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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