Buffalo Gap Wind Farm
Wind power plant · Taylor County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
121 MW
Rank in Texas
#485
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2006
April 2006
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- AES Distributed Energy
- County
- Taylor County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.06%
- Rank among wind plants in Texas
- #173 of 228
- EIA plant code
- 56240
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 121 MW | 121 MW | 2006 | 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
| Calhoun Port Comfort | Natural gas | 121 MW |
| Chamon | Natural gas | 121 MW |
| Barton Chapel Wind Farm | Wind | 120 MW |
| Gunsight Mountain Wind Energy LLC | Wind | 120 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 121 MW solar plant and a 121 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