Appaloosa Run Wind
Wind power plant · Upton County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
172 MW
Rank in Texas
#382
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2022
December 2022
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Appaloosa Run Wind, LLC
- County
- Upton County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.09%
- Rank among wind plants in Texas
- #125 of 228
- EIA plant code
- 65335
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAPPA | Onshore Wind Turbine | 172 MW | 172 MW | 2022 | 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 Texas
| Hardin County Peaking Facility | Natural gas | 173 MW |
| Concho Valley Solar, LLC | Solar | 173 MW |
| Buffalo Gap 3 Wind Farm | Wind | 170 MW |
| San Jacinto County Peaking Facility | Natural gas | 170 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 172 MW solar plant and a 172 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 Texas power plants · What Texas actually generates