Elm Branch Solar 1
Solar power plant · Ellis County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
135 MW
Rank in Texas
#463
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2021
December 2021
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLC
- County
- Ellis County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.07%
- Rank among solar plants in Texas
- #111 of 238
- EIA plant code
- 63764
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TXEB1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 135 MW | 135 MW | 2021 | 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
| Nebula Solar | Solar | 135 MW |
| Sweetwater Wind 3 LLC | Wind | 135 MW |
| Elara Solar | Solar | 132 MW |
| Liberty Hybrid Solar and Storage Project | Solar | 132 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 135 MW solar plant and a 135 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