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Austin Gas Recovery

Other power plant · Travis County, Texas

Nameplate capacity
4.8 MW
Rank in Texas
#888
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2007
October 2007

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Landfill Gas
Operator
WM Renewable Energy LLC
County
Travis County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
0.00%
Rank among other plants in Texas
#36 of 47
EIA plant code
56524

Generating units

Individual generating units at Austin Gas Recovery
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
GEN1Landfill Gas1.6 MW1.6 MW2007Operating
GEN2Landfill Gas1.6 MW1.6 MW2007Operating
GEN3Landfill Gas1.6 MW1.6 MW2007Operating

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 4.8 MW solar plant and a 4.8 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