Wildcat Wind
Wind power plant · Lea County, New Mexico
Nameplate capacity
27 MW
Rank in New Mexico
#74
of 169 plants
In service since
2012
July 2012
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Wildcat Wind, LLC
- County
- Lea County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.15%
- Rank among wind plants in New Mexico
- #26 of 31
- EIA plant code
- 57887
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 27 MW | 27 MW | 2012 | 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
| Elephant Butte | Hydro | 28 MW |
| Taos Mesa Energy Facility Hybrid | Solar | 28 MW |
| Quay County | Other | 27 MW |
| Caprock Solar 1 LLC | Solar | 25 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 27 MW solar plant and a 27 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