Power plant · Texas, United States
NRG THW GT Electric Generating Station
NRG THW GT Electric Generating Station is a gas power plant under construction in Texas, United States, with 377 MW of capacity, owned by NRG THW GT LLC.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Texas | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2026 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | NRG THW GT LLC | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | NRG THW GT LLC | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 377 MW | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | CenterPoint Energy | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 345 kV | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 29.9439, -95.5313 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
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NRG THW GT Electric Generating Station is the 58th-largest of 308 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Texas and the 200th-largest of 835 in the United States by capacity; its 377 MW is 0.13% of the 282,375 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United States. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 58th of 308 | 99,424 MW | 0.38% |
| United States | 200th of 835 | 282,375 MW | 0.13% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 430th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 8 data centers, 3 mines and 2 AI supercomputers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DXC Technology data center, Harris County | Data center | — | — | 6.5 km |
| Data Foundry | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| Data center, Harris County (OSM way 587103676) | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| ExxonMobil Discovery 5 | AI supercomputer | 631 H100e | Operating | 20 km |
| ExxonMobil Discovery 6 | AI supercomputer | 4,032 H100e | Operating | 20 km |
| Conroe Dryer Plant | Mine | — | Operating | 29 km |
| Hockley Mine | Mine | — | Operating | 30 km |
| Houston Mill | Mine | — | Operating | 40 km |
Owner, operator, grid operator and place
Other power plants in Texas
- W A Parish4,008 MW
- South Texas Project2,709 MW
- Comanche Peak2,430 MW
- Martin Lake2,380 MW
- Monticello1,980 MW
- Forney Energy Center1,894 MW
- Limestone1,850 MW
- Sabine1,812 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.