WA Parish Generating Station

The W.A. Parish Generating Station is a 3.65-gigawatt, dual-fired power plant located near . The station occupies a 4,664-acre site near southwest of Houston in and consists of two four-unit plants; one natural gas and the other coal.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Power station
  • Description: coal and natural gas fired power plant in Fort Bend County, Texas
  • Also known as: “W. A. Parish Electric Generating Station” and “W. A. Parish Power Plant”
  • Address: 2500 Y U Jones Road, Thompsons, TX 77481

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thompsons and Booth.

Village
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is a town in , , United States, within the Houston–Pasadena–The Woodlands metropolitan area. The population was 156 at the 2020 census. is situated 3 miles northeast of WA Parish Generating Station.

Hamlet
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is a small unincorporated community in , United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 60 in 1990. It is located within the Greater Houston metropolitan area. is situated 4 miles north of WA Parish Generating Station.

WA Parish Generating Station

Latitude
29.47774° or 29° 28′ 40″ north
Longitude
-95.63258° or 95° 37′ 57″ west
Inception
June 1958
Operator
NRG Energy
Open location code
76X6F9H8+3X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 43706421
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Wiki­data ID
Q12010297
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In Other Languages

From German to Norwegian Bokmål—“WA Parish Generating Station” goes by many names.
  • German: “Kraftwerk W. A. Parish”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “W. A. Parish kraftverk”
  • Norwegian: “W. A. Parish kraftverk”

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