Caprock Wind Farm
Wind power plant · Quay County, New Mexico
Nameplate capacity
100 MW
Rank in New Mexico
#45
of 169 plants
In service since
2004
December 2004
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Leeward Asset Management, LLC
- County
- Quay County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.56%
- Rank among wind plants in New Mexico
- #20 of 31
- EIA plant code
- 56293
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 80 MW | 80 MW | 2004 | Operating |
| 2 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 20 MW | 20 MW | 2005 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in New Mexico
| Red Mesa Wind LLC | Wind | 102 MW |
| Borderlands Wind, LLC | Wind | 100 MW |
| High Lonesome Mesa LLC | Wind | 100 MW |
| Sky Ranch BESS II | Battery storage | 100 MW |
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 100 MW solar plant and a 100 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 New Mexico power plants · What New Mexico actually generates