Sweetwater Wind 5
Wind power plant · Nolan County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
81 MW
Rank in Texas
#574
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2007
December 2007
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Leeward Asset Management, LLC
- County
- Nolan County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among wind plants in Texas
- #196 of 228
- EIA plant code
- 56372
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SW5 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 81 MW | 81 MW | 2007 | 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
| Woodward Mountain I | Wind | 82 MW |
| Toledo Bend | Hydro | 81 MW |
| Ellis Solar LLC | Solar | 80 MW |
| Llano Estacado Wind Ranch | Wind | 80 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 81 MW solar plant and a 81 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