Hackberry Wind Farm

OperatingWind

Ranked #142 of 249 Wind plants in TX#438 of 1442 nationally

165.6 MW Wind operating in Shackelford, TX — Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.

EIAGEMWD

165.6 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology

2008

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

32.7683, -99.4228

County

Shackelford, TX

Nearby Plants

Mesquite Wind Power LLC
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Post Oak Wind LLC
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Funston Solar
Solar350 MW · 27.9 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	Hackberry Wind LLC	Renewable Energy Systems (RES)	—
Owner(s)	Hackberry Wind LLC	Skyline Renewables [100%]	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

GEM identifies the owner as Skyline Renewables [100%]

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

About

The Hackberry Wind Project is a US $350 million wind farm in Shackelford County, Texas. The project consists of 72 Siemens wind turbines with a total capacity of 166 megawatts. The energy is used by residents of the City of Austin and surrounding communities, this usage is called a PPA or Power Purchase Agreement. Construction on the project began in January 2008 and was finished in December 2008, on-time and under budget.

Read more on Wikipedia

Hackberry Wind Farm is a 165.6 MW wind power facility located in Shackelford County, Texas. The plant began operating in 2008 and is owned and operated by Hackberry Wind LLC. The facility consists of a single generator utilizing onshore wind turbine technology. The turbines have a hub height of 80 meters and a rotor diameter of 93 meters, and were manufactured by Siemens, model SWT-2.3-93.

The plant operates within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) balancing authority. In the most recent year of data, Hackberry Wind Farm generated 325,680 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 22.4%. The plant ranks as the 138th largest in Texas out of 200 facilities, and 431st nationally out of 734.

Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources