Pattern Gulf Wind

OperatingWindGEM: retired

Ranked #40 of 249 Wind plants in TX#133 of 1442 nationally

283.2 MW Wind operating in Kenedy, TX — Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.

EIAGEMWD

283.2 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology

2008

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

27.0011, -97.5994

County

Kenedy, 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	Pattern Operators LP	Pattern Energy	—
Owner(s)	Pattern Gulf Wind	Pattern Energy [100%]	—
Status	Operating	retired	—

Ownership Chain

GEM identifies the owner as Pattern Energy [100%]

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

About

Gulf Wind is a 271 megawatt wind farm located on the Texas Gulf Coast in Kenedy County. It is operated by Pattern Energy which is based in San Francisco. The wind farm’s output is contracted under a 20-year power purchase agreement with Austin Energy.

Read more on Wikipedia

Pattern Gulf Wind is a 283.2 MW wind power plant located in Kenedy County, Texas. The facility began operating in 2008 and is owned and operated by Pattern Operators LP. The plant utilizes a single generator consisting of onshore wind turbines. The turbines have a hub height of 80 meters and a rotor diameter of 92 meters, and were manufactured by Mitsubishi, model MWT92/2.4.

In the most recent year of data, Pattern Gulf Wind generated 758,541 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 30.6%. The plant operates within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) balancing authority, and the NERC region TRE. Pattern Gulf Wind is ranked as the 39th largest power plant in Texas out of 200, and 132nd nationally out of 734 plants.

Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources

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Engineering & Generators

Grid Context

NERC Region

TRE

Balancing Authority

Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.

Grid Voltage

345 kV

Regulatory Status

Entity Type

Independent Power Producer

Sector

IPP Non-CHP

Generation

37.7K MWh

Latest Month

758.5K MWh

Annual Generation

30.6%

Capacity Factor

Jan 2023 – Dec 2025

Financial Data

No financial data available for this plant.

Pricing & Market Data

HIGH confidence

Point of Interconnection

Nearest Substation

Gulf Wind Substation · 345 kV

Substation Distance

0 km

Operator

Pattern Energy

Coord Source

OSM spatial

Market Position

ISO/RTO Market

ERCOT

LMP Node

TGW_T1_T2

Pricing Hub

HB_SOUTH

Secondary Zone

LZ_SOUTH

Location Type

Resource Node

Node Source

Curated node match

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