Pantex

OperatingWind

Ranked #237 of 249 Wind plants in TX#1141 of 1442 nationally

11.5 MW Wind operating in Carson, TX — Southwest Power Pool

EIAGEMWD

11.5 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology

2014

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

35.3227, -101.5325

County

Carson, 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	Pantex (NNSA)	Siemens	—
Owner(s)	Pantex (NNSA)	Pantex (National Nuclear Security Administration) (NNSA) [100%]	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

GEM identifies the owner as Pantex (National Nuclear Security Administration) (NNSA) [100%]

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

About

Pantex is a wind power plant located in Carson County, Texas. The plant has a total capacity of 11.5 MW and began operating in 2014. It is owned and operated by Pantex (NNSA). The facility consists of a single generator utilizing onshore wind turbine technology. The wind turbines have a hub height of 80 meters and a rotor diameter of 101 meters. The turbines were manufactured by Siemens, model SWT-2.3-101.

Pantex operates within the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) balancing authority and the Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO) NERC region. In the most recent year with available data, the plant generated 15,694 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 15.4%. Pantex is ranked as the 233rd largest power plant in Texas out of 245, and 1129th nationally out of 1424 plants.

Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources

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Engineering & Generators