Nameplate capacity
500 MW
Rank in Texas
#98
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2022
December 2022
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Young Wind, LLC
- County
- Young County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.25%
- Rank among wind plants in Texas
- #7 of 228
- EIA plant code
- 65763
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WYOUN | Onshore Wind Turbine | 500 MW | 500 MW | 2022 | 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
| Hecate Energy Frye Solar LLC | Solar | 500 MW |
| Pine Forest Solar I | Solar | 500 MW |
| Oyster Creek Unit VIII | Natural gas | 498 MW |
| Maverick Creek Wind | Wind | 492 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 500 MW solar plant and a 500 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