Steele Flats Wind Project LLC

OperatingWind

Ranked #18 of 36 Wind plants in NE#851 of 1442 nationally

74.8 MW Wind operating in Jefferson, NE — Southwest Power Pool

EIAGEMWD

74.8 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology

2013

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

40.0467, -96.9340

County

Jefferson, NE

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	Steele Flats Wind Project LLC	NextEra Energy	—
Owner(s)	Shaw Creek Solar	NextEra Energy	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

About

The Steele Flats Wind Project LLC is a 74.8 MW wind farm located in Jefferson County, Nebraska. The plant began operating in 2013 and is owned and operated by Steele Flats Wind Project LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy. It utilizes a single generator consisting of onshore wind turbines. The facility is connected to the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) balancing authority and resides within the Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO) NERC region.

The wind farm's turbines have a hub height of 80 meters and a rotor diameter of 100 meters. The turbines were manufactured by GE Wind, model GE1.7-100. In the most recent year of reported data, the plant generated 332,567 MWh, achieving a capacity factor of 50.7%. Steele Flats Wind Project LLC ranks as the 18th largest wind farm in Nebraska out of 36, and 843rd nationally out of 1424.

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Engineering & Generators