Buffalo Gap 2 Wind Farm
Wind power plant · Nolan County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
233 MW
Rank in Texas
#250
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2007
July 2007
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- AES Distributed Energy
- County
- Nolan County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.12%
- Rank among wind plants in Texas
- #61 of 228
- EIA plant code
- 56484
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 233 MW | 233 MW | 2007 | 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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| Chapman Ranch Wind I | Wind | 236 MW |
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| Bernard Creek Solar | Solar | 230 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 233 MW solar plant and a 233 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