Nameplate capacity
101 MW
Rank in Texas
#519
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2017
December 2017
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Buckthorn Wind Project, LLC
- County
- Erath County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.05%
- Rank among wind plants in Texas
- #186 of 228
- EIA plant code
- 60983
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BWIND | Onshore Wind Turbine | 101 MW | 101 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 Texas
| Flower Valley II | Battery storage | 101 MW |
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| Ables Springs Solar & Storage | Battery storage | 100 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 101 MW solar plant and a 101 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