Shannon Wind

OperatingWind

Ranked #86 of 249 Wind plants in TX#260 of 1442 nationally

204 MW Wind operating in Clay, TX — Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.

EIAGEMWD

204 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology

2015

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

33.5063, -98.3721

County

Clay, 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	Shannon Wind LLC	Mortenson Construction	—
Owner(s)	Shannon Wind LLC	Alterra Power Corp [50%]; Starwood Capital Group [50%]	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

GEM identifies the owner as Alterra Power Corp [50%]; Starwood Capital Group [50%]

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

About

Shannon Wind is a 204 MW wind power plant located in Clay County, Texas. The facility began operating in 2015 and is owned and operated by Shannon 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 103 meters. The wind turbines were manufactured by GE Wind, model GE1.715-103.

In its most recent year of operation, Shannon Wind generated 444,456 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 24.9%. The plant operates within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) balancing authority, within the Texas Reliability Entity (TRE) NERC region. Shannon Wind ranks as the 83rd largest power plant in Texas out of 200, and 253rd nationally out of 734 plants.

Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources

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Engineering & Generators