Tecolote Wind LLC
Wind power plant · Lincoln County, New Mexico
Nameplate capacity
272 MW
Rank in New Mexico
#18
of 169 plants
In service since
2021
December 2021
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Pattern Operators LP
- County
- Lincoln County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 1.52%
- Rank among wind plants in New Mexico
- #8 of 31
- EIA plant code
- 64066
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 272 MW | 272 MW | 2021 | 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
| El Cabo Wind | Wind | 298 MW |
| Afton Generating Station | Natural gas | 287 MW |
| Roosevelt County | Wind | 250 MW |
| Oso Grande Wind Farm | Wind | 250 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 272 MW solar plant and a 272 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