Big Spring Wind Power Facility

OperatingWind

Ranked #232 of 249 Wind plants in TX#1010 of 1442 nationally

34.3 MW Wind operating in Howard, TX — Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.

EIAGEMWD

34.3 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology

1998

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

32.2075, -101.3883

County

Howard, TX

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Ownership & Operator

Owner data does not fully agree across sources.

EIA typically reports the operating utility, while GEM resolves to the financial owner or parent corporation. Both can be correct.

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind	Caithness Energy; Terra-Gen	—
Owner(s)	Texas Big Spring, L.P.	Terra-Gen [100%]	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

GEM identifies the owner as Terra-Gen [100%]

This entity is not yet in the GEM ownership database — chain unavailable.

About

The Big Spring Wind Power Facility is a 34.3 MW wind power plant located in Howard County, Texas. The plant began operating in 1998 and has one generator utilizing onshore wind turbine technology. It is owned and operated by Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind. The facility's turbines have a hub height of 65 meters and a rotor diameter of 47 meters. The wind turbines were manufactured by Vestas, model V47-0.66.

The Big Spring Wind Power Facility operates within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) balancing authority and the TRE NERC region. In the most recent year of data, the plant generated 55,977 MWh, achieving a capacity factor of 18.6%. The plant is ranked 228 out of 245 wind facilities in Texas and 1000 out of 1424 nationally.

Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources

EIA Plant Profile Wikidata Global Energy Monitor

Engineering & Generators