Magic Valley Wind Farm I LLC

OperatingWind

Ranked #87 of 249 Wind plants in TX#262 of 1442 nationally

203 MW Wind operating in Willacy, TX — Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.

EIAGEMWD

203 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology

2012

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

26.4586, -97.6742

County

Willacy, 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	Big Sky Wind, LLC	E.ON Climate & Renewables	—
Owner(s)	Big Sky Wind, LLC	RWE Renewables [100%]	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

GEM identifies the owner as RWE Renewables [100%]

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

About

Magic Valley Wind Farm I LLC is a 203 MW wind power plant located in Willacy County, Texas. The facility began operating in 2012 and is owned and operated by Big Sky Wind, LLC. 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 100 meters. The wind turbines were manufactured by Vestas, model V100-1.82.

The plant operates within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) balancing authority. In the most recent year of data, the plant generated 482,905 MWh, achieving a capacity factor of 27.2%. The plant has a power purchase agreement (PPA) price of $65.2 per MWh. Magic Valley Wind Farm I LLC ranks as the 84th largest power plant in Texas out of 200, and 257th nationally out of 734 plants.

Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources

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Engineering & Generators