Prairie Switch Wind LLC
Wind power plant · Wharton County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
163 MW
Rank in Texas
#393
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2025
May 2025
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Prairie Switch Wind LLC
- County
- Wharton County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.08%
- Rank among wind plants in Texas
- #131 of 228
- EIA plant code
- 66123
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSW1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 163 MW | 163 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.
Similarly sized plants in Texas
| Hackberry Wind Farm | Wind | 166 MW |
| Longhorn Storage | Battery storage | 165 MW |
| Astra Wind Farm | Wind | 163 MW |
| Midway Wind, LLC | Wind | 163 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 163 MW solar plant and a 163 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