Cotton Plains Wind Farm

OperatingWind

Ranked #229 of 249 Wind plants in TX#936 of 1442 nationally

50.4 MW Wind operating in Floyd, TX — Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.

EIAGEMWD

50.4 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology

2017

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

34.0017, -101.2318

County

Floyd, 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	Cotton Plains Wind I, LLC	Apex Clean Energy	—
Owner(s)	Cotton Plains Wind I, LLC	Northleaf Capital Partners [100%]	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

GEM identifies the owner as Northleaf Capital Partners [100%]

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

About

Cotton Plains Wind Farm is a 50.4 MW wind power plant located in Floyd County, Texas. The plant began operating in 2017 and is owned and operated by Cotton Plains Wind I, LLC. It consists of a single generator utilizing onshore wind turbine technology. The facility uses GE Wind GE2.4-107 turbines, with a rotor diameter of 107 meters and a hub height of 80 meters.

The plant operates within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) balancing authority. In its most recent year of operation, Cotton Plains Wind Farm generated 181,894 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 41.2%. The plant ranks 224th out of 245 wind facilities in Texas and 926th out of 1424 nationally.

Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources

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Engineering & Generators