El Cabo Wind
Wind power plant · Torrance County, New Mexico
Nameplate capacity
298 MW
Rank in New Mexico
#16
of 169 plants
In service since
2017
December 2017
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Avangrid Power LLC
- County
- Torrance County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 1.66%
- Rank among wind plants in New Mexico
- #7 of 31
- EIA plant code
- 58098
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 298 MW | 298 MW | 2017 | 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
| Atrisco Solar LLC | Solar | 300 MW |
| San Juan Solar I | Solar | 300 MW |
| Afton Generating Station | Natural gas | 287 MW |
| Tecolote Wind LLC | Wind | 272 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 298 MW solar plant and a 298 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