Oxy Renewable Energy - Goldsmith
Solar power plant · Ector County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
17 MW
Rank in Texas
#674
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2020
May 2020
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Oxy Renewable Energy LLC
- County
- Ector County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among solar plants in Texas
- #165 of 238
- EIA plant code
- 63388
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOLAR | Solar Photovoltaic | 17 MW | 17 MW | 2020 | 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
| Phelps Dodge Refining | Natural gas | 20 MW |
| Austin | Hydro | 18 MW |
| Phantom Solar | Solar | 15 MW |
| Rentech Nitrogen Pasadena Cogeneration | Other | 15 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 17 MW solar plant and a 17 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