Ascend Performance Materials Texas Inc.
Natural gas power plant · Brazoria County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
52 MW
Rank in Texas
#610
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1993
June 1993
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Ascend Performance Materials
- County
- Brazoria County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #147 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 10418
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN4 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 46 MW | 43 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 6.0 MW | 5.2 MW | 1993 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 52 MW solar plant and a 52 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Texas power plants · What Texas actually generates