Nameplate capacity
268 MW
Rank in Texas
#197
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2022
June 2022
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Helena Wind, LLC
- County
- Bee County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.13%
- Rank among wind plants in Texas
- #42 of 228
- EIA plant code
- 63738
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEL | Onshore Wind Turbine | 268 MW | 268 MW | 2022 | 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
| Shell Deer Park | Natural gas | 274 MW |
| Las Majadas Wind Farm | Wind | 273 MW |
| Paris Energy Center | Natural gas | 266 MW |
| Goodnight | Wind | 266 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 268 MW solar plant and a 268 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