WA Parish Generating Station
The W.A. Parish Generating Station is a 3.65-gigawatt, dual-fired power plant located near Thompsons, Texas. The station occupies a 4,664-acre site near Smithers Lake southwest of Houston in Fort Bend County and consists of two four-unit plants; one natural gas and the other coal.
- Power station
- …is operated by NRG Energy
- Description: coal and natural gas fired power plant in Fort Bend County, Texas
- Address: 2500 Y U Jones Road, Thompsons, TX 77481
- Also known as“W. A. Parish Electric Generating Station”“W. A. Parish Power Plant”
- Established: June 1958
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thompsons and Booth.
Thompsons
Thompsons is a town in Fort Bend County, Texas, United… Thompsons is situated 3 miles northeast of WA Parish Generating Station.
Booth
Booth is a small unincorporated community in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. Booth is situated 4 miles north of WA Parish Generating Station.
WA Parish Generating Station
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Latitude
29.47774° or 29° 28′ 40″ north
Longitude
-95.63258° or 95° 37′ 57″ west
Open location code
76X6F9H8+3X
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OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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In Other Languages
From German to Norwegian Bokmål—“WA Parish Generating Station” goes by many names.
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