Panther Creek Wind Farm Three
Wind power plant · Sterling County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
216 MW
Rank in Texas
#271
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2009
August 2009
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- RWE Clean Energy
- County
- Sterling County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.11%
- Rank among wind plants in Texas
- #70 of 228
- EIA plant code
- 56979
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 216 MW | 232 MW | 2009 | 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
| Hidden Lakes Reliability Project | Battery storage | 220 MW |
| Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC | Wind | 218 MW |
| Grandview Wind Farm, LLC | Wind | 211 MW |
| Mesquite Creek Wind | Wind | 211 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 216 MW solar plant and a 216 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