Brazos Wind Farm

OperatingWindGEM: retired

Ranked #124 of 249 Wind plants in TX#399 of 1442 nationally

182.4 MW Wind operating in Scurry, TX — Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.

EIAGEMWD

182.4 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology

2003

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

32.9479, -101.1478

County

Scurry, TX

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Ownership & Operator

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	Shell Wind Energy Inc.	Shell Wind Energy; Mitsui &	—
Owner(s)	InfraRed Energy Transition Fund LP, Shell Wind Energy Inc.	Shell	—
Status	Operating	retired	—

Ownership Chain

About

The Brazos Wind Farm, also known as the Green Mountain Energy Wind Farm at Brazos, is located in Borden and Scurry counties in Texas. It has 160 wind turbines, each rated at one megawatt (MW) and supplied by Mitsubishi, and was completed in December 2003. The wind farm sells generated power on a long-term basis to a local power distributor, TXU Energy, to supply approximately 30,000 homes in Texas. 50% of the Brazos Wind Farm is owned by Shell Wind Energy, Inc.

Read more on Wikipedia

The Brazos Wind Farm is a 182.4 MW wind power plant located in Scurry County, Texas. The plant began operating in 2003 and has one generator. It is owned by Shell, a company based in the United Kingdom, and operated by Shell Wind Energy Inc. The primary fuel source is wind (WND), and the technology used is onshore wind turbines. The wind turbines have a hub height of 69 meters and a rotor diameter of 61.4 meters. The turbines were manufactured by Mitsubishi, model MWT62/1.0.

In the most recent year of data, the Brazos Wind Farm generated 658,677 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 41.2%. The plant operates within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT) balancing authority and the TRE NERC region. Brazos Wind Farm is ranked as the 121st largest wind farm in Texas out of 200, and 394th nationally out of 734.

Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources