UL Advanced Wind Turbine Test Facility
Wind power plant · Randall County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
3.5 MW
Rank in Texas
#898
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2016
January 2016
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- West Texas A&M University
- County
- Randall County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.00%
- Rank among wind plants in Texas
- #228 of 228
- EIA plant code
- 61589
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UT-1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 3.4 MW | 3.4 MW | 2018 | Operating |
| MT-1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 0.1 MW | 0.1 MW | 2016 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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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 3.5 MW solar plant and a 3.5 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