El Sauz Ranch Wind, LLC
Wind power plant · Willacy County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
301 MW
Rank in Texas
#168
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2025
January 2025
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- El Sauz Ranch Wind, LLC
- County
- Willacy County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.15%
- Rank among wind plants in Texas
- #24 of 228
- EIA plant code
- 65760
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELSAU | Onshore Wind Turbine | 301 MW | 301 MW | 2025 | 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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| Santa Rita East | Wind | 302 MW |
| Lacy Creek Wind Energy Center | Wind | 301 MW |
| Inertia Wind Project | Wind | 301 MW |
| Cartwheel 1 - Storage, LLC | Battery storage | 300 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 301 MW solar plant and a 301 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