Sweetwater Wind 3 LLC
Wind power plant · Nolan County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
135 MW
Rank in Texas
#462
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2005
December 2005
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Leeward Asset Management, LLC
- County
- Nolan County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.07%
- Rank among wind plants in Texas
- #166 of 228
- EIA plant code
- 56311
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SW3 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 135 MW | 144 MW | 2005 | 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
| Blue Summit Wind LLC | Wind | 135 MW |
| Nebula Solar | Solar | 135 MW |
| Elm Branch Solar 1 | Solar | 135 MW |
| Elara Solar | 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