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Wind projects in Texas

Wind has 438 planned and operating projects tracked in Texas, totaling 101.2 GW. 193 are planned and 245 are operating. Nolan County leads with 25 projects and 3.7 GW. The largest single entry is 1.5 GW. Statewide, Texas tracks 4,947 projects across all technologies.

Data as of

5 of the largest wind projects in Texas
ProjectCapacity
Big Canyon Wind 1.5 GW
Great Prairie Wind 1 GW
Buffalo Jump Wind 740 MW
Meitner 2 Wind 709.1 MW
Aurelius 3 Wind 705 MW
Wind in Texas, by county
CountyProjectsCapacity
Nolan County 25 3.7 GW
Pecos County 19 5.3 GW
Glasscock County 13 1.9 GW
Sterling County 13 2.3 GW
Zapata County 11 2.4 GW
Carson County 10 1.8 GW
Scurry County 9 1.7 GW
Starr County 9 1.9 GW
Taylor County 9 1.3 GW
Willacy County 9 2.1 GW
Howard County 8 731.6 MW
Upton County 8 2.2 GW
Webb County 8 2.1 GW
Cameron County 7 1.3 GW
Castro County 7 1.9 GW
Crosby County 7 1.1 GW
Deaf Smith County 7 3.3 GW
Floyd County 7 1.3 GW
Haskell County 7 1.8 GW
San Patricio County 7 2.4 GW
Baylor County 6 1.2 GW
Borden County 6 810.4 MW
Crockett County 6 1.9 GW
Jim Hogg County 6 1.8 GW
Kenedy County 6 1.6 GW
Moore County 6 98.3 MW
Navarro County 6 1.5 GW
Wilbarger County 6 1.2 GW
Armstrong County 5 2.2 GW
Eastland County 5 423.6 MW
Fisher County 5 1.6 GW
Jack County 5 913.6 MW
Knox County 5 1.3 GW
Mills County 5 1.2 GW
Oldham County 5 755.2 MW
Tom Green County 5 1 GW
Callahan County 4 942.9 MW
Cooke County 4 593.5 MW
Dawson County 4 1.1 GW
Hansford County 4 1.3 GW
Hidalgo County 4 772.8 MW
Mitchell County 4 1.4 GW
Parmer County 4 1.1 GW
Throckmorton County 4 1.1 GW
Andrews County 3 802.2 MW
Archer County 3 247.1 MW
Bee County 3 776 MW
Brazoria County 3 1.9 GW
Briscoe County 3 991.4 MW
Concho County 3 1 GW
Foard County 3 856.8 MW
Hill County 3 635.1 MW
Lubbock County 3 8.7 MW
Lynn County 3 699.6 MW
Matagorda County 3 635.4 MW
Randall County 3 166.5 MW
Schleicher County 3 743.3 MW
Shackelford County 3 565.6 MW
Wharton County 3 565.2 MW
Young County 3 671 MW
Other counties (49) 70 19.6 GW

Source. U.S. Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860M and ISO/RTO interconnection queues, compiled by FieldProspects.