Nuclear Profile 2010 Texas profile
Primary energy source | Summer capacity (mw) |
Share of State total (percent) |
Net generation (thousand mwh) |
Share of State total (percent) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nuclear | 4,966 | 4.6 | 41,335 | 10.0 |
Coal | 22,335 | 20.6 | 150,173 | 36.5 |
Hydro and Pumped Storage | 689 | 0.6 | 1,262 | 0.3 |
Natural Gas | 69,291 | 64.0 | 186,882 | 45.4 |
Other 1 | 477 | 0.4 | 3,630 | 0.9 |
Other Renewable1 | 10,295 | 9.5 | 27,705 | 6.7 |
Petroleum | 204 | 0.2 | 708 | 0.2 |
Total | 108,258 | 100.0 | 411,695 | 100.0 |
1Municipal Solid Waste net generation is allocated according to the biogenic and non-biogenic components of the fuel; however, all Municipal Solid Waste summer capacity is classified as Renewable. Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. Other: Blast furnace gas, propane gas, other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels, non-biogenic municipal solid waste, batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, tire-derived fuel, and miscellaneous technologies. Other Renewable: Wood, black liquor, other wood waste, biogenic municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, agriculture byproducts, other biomass, geothermal, solar thermal, photovoltaic energy, and wind. Source:Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report," and Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report." |
Plants in State
Operator: Luminant
Location and Service Territory: The Comanche Peak power plant is located in Somervell County.
Reactor Descriptions: Both units are Westinghouse four-loop pressurized water reactors.
Cooling System: Comanche Peak uses a once-through cooling system that draws water from the Squaw Creek Reservoir.
Operator: STP Nuclear Operating Company.
Location and Service Territory: The South Texas Project (STP) is located in Matagorda County between Bay City and Palacios.
Staffing: There are 1,300 full-time personnel, including contractors.
Reactor Descriptions: Both South Texas reactors are Westinghouse four-loop pressurized water reactors holding 193 fuel assemblies.
Cooling System: STP is cooled by water from its own 7,000 acre reservoir.
2Nuclear Power Plant Construction Activity, DOE/EIA-0473(86), Energy Information Administration, 1986, pp 16-17, Table 5. Adjusted to 2007 Dollars using Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index.