Chapman Ranch Wind I
Wind power plant · Nueces County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
236 MW
Rank in Texas
#248
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2017
October 2017
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Chapman Ranch Wind LLC
- County
- Nueces County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.12%
- Rank among wind plants in Texas
- #60 of 228
- EIA plant code
- 59193
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHA1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 236 MW | 249 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
| Rio Bravo Windpower, LLC | Wind | 238 MW |
| Libra Storage | Battery storage | 236 MW |
| Exelon LaPorte Generating Station | Natural gas | 236 MW |
| Buffalo Gap 2 Wind Farm | Wind | 233 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 236 MW solar plant and a 236 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