Austin TX GigaFactory
Solar power plant · Travis County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
5.4 MW
Rank in Texas
#872
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2023
July 2023
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Tesla Inc.
- County
- Travis County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.00%
- Rank among solar plants in Texas
- #197 of 238
- EIA plant code
- 65070
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C02 | Solar Photovoltaic | 1.9 MW | 1.9 MW | 2023 | Operating |
| B05 | Solar Photovoltaic | 1.2 MW | 1.2 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| C01 | Solar Photovoltaic | 1.2 MW | 1.2 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| B07 | Solar Photovoltaic | 1.1 MW | 1.1 MW | 2025 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Texas
| AbbVie Waco | Natural gas | 5.6 MW |
| OCI Alamo 3 LLC | Solar | 5.5 MW |
| Highway 56 Solar | Solar | 5.3 MW |
| Marlin Solar | Solar | 5.3 MW |
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 5.4 MW solar plant and a 5.4 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