Bethel Wind Farm LLC
Wind power plant · Castro County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
276 MW
Rank in Texas
#194
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2017
January 2017
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Southern Power Co
- County
- Castro County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.14%
- Rank among wind plants in Texas
- #40 of 228
- EIA plant code
- 60414
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 276 MW | 276 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.
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| King Mountain Wind Ranch 1 | Wind | 278 MW |
| Motiva Enterprises Port Arthur Refinery | Natural gas | 277 MW |
| Shell Deer Park | Natural gas | 274 MW |
| Las Majadas Wind Farm | Wind | 273 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 276 MW solar plant and a 276 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