How big is Buffalo Gap 2 Wind Farm?

Buffalo Gap 2 Wind Farm has a reported capacity of 232.5 MW. Source: EIA Form 860.

What kind of plant is Buffalo Gap 2 Wind Farm?

Buffalo Gap 2 Wind Farm is a Onshore Wind Turbine facility in Nolan County, TX, participating in the ERCOT market.

Where is Buffalo Gap 2 Wind Farm located?

Buffalo Gap 2 Wind Farm is in Nolan County, TX, inside the ERCOT balancing area.

Who operates Buffalo Gap 2 Wind Farm?

Buffalo Gap 2 Wind Farm is operated by AES Distributed Energy according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.

How much electricity does Buffalo Gap 2 Wind Farm generate?

Buffalo Gap 2 Wind Farm reported 157.5 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-06. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

How does Buffalo Gap 2 Wind Farm compare to other plants?

By capacity, Buffalo Gap 2 Wind Farm ranks #175 of 1,362 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #59 of 228 in TX.

Buffalo Gap 2 Wind Farm — 233 MW wind farm, Nolan County, TX

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Overview

Operating capacity: 232.5 MW
EIA May 2026
Legacy turbines: 155
GE · 1.5 MW
Operating month: Jul 2007
EIA
Complex repower: 526.5 MW
Three-phase portfolio scope
Registry anchor: Plant 56484
AES Distributed Energy

Infrastructure record

Operator: AES Distributed Energy

Profile

Grid role: Utility-scale wind generation within the three-phase Buffalo Gap complex.
Operating record: 232.5 MW · July 2007 service month.
Current equipment record: 155 GE turbines rated at 1.5 MW each.
Repower scope: 117 new turbines and 526.5 MW apply to the full Buffalo Gap complex, not Phase 2 alone.

Structured profile

Operating capacity: 232.5 MW
EIA
Current equipment: 155 × 1.5 MW GE turbines
EIA annual
Registered operator: AES Distributed Energy
EIA
Repower scope: Full Buffalo Gap complex
AES

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Units and generators

Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
1	232.5 MW 232.5 MW summer	Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT	Jul 2007	Operating

Performance

Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.

Peer context

Technology capacity: 232.5 MW
National rank: #175
TX rank: #59

Monthly generation

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Latest 12 months

157.5 GWh

Reported net generation

Latest report

Jun 2026

EIA-923 monthly filing

2025 capacity factor

17.2%

Using current reported nameplate capacity

Grid and market context

Deterministic links to ERCOT market resources, price records, outage disclosures, queue records, and nearby infrastructure. Candidate joins remain labeled until corroborated.

Interconnection record

ERCOT GIS Report

Queue project

Buffalo Gap 2 Wind Repower

high match · 100/100 · project name, county, capacity

Queue ID / status

26INR0625 · Completed

Point of interconnection

6216 Bluff Creek 138 kV

Interconnecting entity

Buffalo Gap Wind Farm 2, LLC

Commercial, land, and environmental record

Source-backed project transactions, agreements, land records, permits, and environmental disclosures. Portfolio and adjacent-project facts remain explicitly scoped.

Land and environmental record

Coordinate Parcel Area

2025

40.257 Acres

TxGIO parcel intersecting the mapped EIA plant coordinate; parcel 21195; NOLAN APPRAISAL DISTRICT; tax year 2025

TxGIO land parcel intersecting

Coordinate Parcel Id

2025

21195

TxGIO parcel intersecting the mapped EIA plant coordinate; parcel 21195; NOLAN APPRAISAL DISTRICT; tax year 2025

TxGIO land parcel intersecting

Coordinate Parcel Owner

2025

MORROW JAMES H

TxGIO parcel intersecting the mapped EIA plant coordinate; parcel 21195; NOLAN APPRAISAL DISTRICT; tax year 2025

TxGIO land parcel intersecting

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Parties, market resources, and identifiers tied to this asset, with owner, operator, developer, EPC, compliance provider, and interconnecting entity roles kept separate.

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Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

Jul 2007
Jul 2007
Buffalo Gap 2 entered serviceEIA May 202...
EIA reports July 2007.

Sources

PublisherReferenceType

U.S. Energy Information AdministrationEIA-860 generator inventoryFederal registry

U.S. Energy Information AdministrationEIA-923 generation filingsFederal filing

U.S. Energy Information AdministrationEIA May 2026 generator inventoryregulatory

Reporting portfolio

EIA reporting entity

AES Distributed Energy

Entity 61012

Operating portfolio

217 plants

23 states

Reported capacity

4,415.6 MW

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Lancaster Area Battery	127 MW	CA
Buffalo Gap Wind Farm	120.6 MW	TX

Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.

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Buffalo Gap 2 Wind Farm

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