Bronco Plains Wind, LLC
Wind power plant · Kit Carson County, Colorado
Nameplate capacity
300 MW
Rank in Colorado
#20
of 326 plants
In service since
2020
September 2020
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Bronco Plains Wind, LLC
- County
- Kit Carson County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 1.31%
- Rank among wind plants in Colorado
- #4 of 33
- EIA plant code
- 63803
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WBOPL | Onshore Wind Turbine | 300 MW | 299 MW | 2020 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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| Thunder Wolf Energy Center Hybrid | Solar | 348 MW |
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About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 300 MW solar plant and a 300 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Colorado power plants · What Colorado actually generates