Sweetwater Wind 3 LLC

OperatingWindGEM: retired

Ranked #183 of 249 Wind plants in TX#570 of 1442 nationally

135 MW Wind operating in Nolan, TX — Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.

EIAGEMWD

135 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology

2005

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

32.3168, -100.4275

County

Nolan, TX

Nearby Plants

Sweetwater Wind 4 LLC
Wind241 MW · 3.8 km
Sweetwater Wind 2 LLC
Wind98.8 MW · 7.7 km
Sweetwater Wind 1 LLC
Wind37.5 MW · 7.9 km

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	Leeward Asset Management, LLC	GE Renewable Energy	—
Owner(s)	Leeward Asset Management, LLC	Leeward Energy [100%]	—
Status	Operating	retired	—

Ownership Chain

GEM identifies the owner as Leeward Energy [100%]

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

About

Sweetwater Wind 3 LLC is a 135 MW wind power plant located in Nolan County, Texas. The plant began operating in 2005 and utilizes a single generator consisting of onshore wind turbines. The primary fuel source is wind (WND). The facility is operated by Leeward Asset Management, LLC. It is interconnected to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT) balancing authority.

The wind farm's turbines have a hub height of 80 meters and a rotor diameter of 91 meters. The turbines were manufactured by GE Wind, model GE1.6-91. In the most recent year of reported data, the plant generated 469,987 MWh, achieving a capacity factor of 39.7%. Sweetwater Wind 3 LLC ranks 179th out of 200 wind plants in Texas and 566th out of 734 nationally.

Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources

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Engineering & Generators