ASCEND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS TEXAS INC.

How ASCEND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS TEXAS INC. compares

With 52 MW of capacity, ASCEND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS TEXAS INC. ranks 216th among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and 117th of the 134 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for under 0.1% of Texas's operating Natural Gas capacity and under 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 800th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1993, it is older than 60% of the 303 operating Texas plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Brazoria County with 7 other operating plants, including DOW CHEMICAL TEXAS OPERATION and SWEENY COGEN FACILITY.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 52 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas steam turbine technology. Net generation was 148 GWh in 2024 (a 32% capacity factor), up 28% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1993 and 2000.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC, under 0.1 miles away. Another 9 operating power plants totaling 3,168 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is GREEN POWER 2 (861 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is 3500 Garrott in Houston, about 35.4 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology