# Cranell Wind Farm LLC

ERCOT asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/cranell-wind-farm-llc

RWE Clean Energy · Refugio County · ERCOT

Cranell Wind Farm is a 220 MW onshore wind facility in Refugio County, Texas. EIA's May 2026 inventory lists one 220 MW generator under Plant ID 62416, operated by RWE Clean Energy and assigned a January 2022 service month. RWE announced commercial operation in October 2020 and identifies 100 Vestas 2.2 MW turbines and an approximately $250 million investment. Those dates are presented separately because the current EIA generator record and RWE's project announcement describe different operating milestones.

## Profile

- **Grid role:** Utility-scale onshore wind generation in South Texas.
- **Equipment:** 100 Vestas turbines rated at 2.2 MW each.
- **Operating dates:** RWE commercial-operation announcement October 2020 · EIA service month January 2022.
- **Ownership scope:** RWE disclosed portfolio-level co-investment across Cranell and three other Texas wind farms.

## Metrics

- **Operating capacity:** 220 MW — EIA and RWE
- **Wind turbines:** 100 — Vestas 2.2 MW
- **Project investment:** ≈$250M — RWE
- **Settlement point:** CRANELL_ALL — ERCOT settlement point.
- **Resource stack:** 1 resource — CRANELL_UNIT1
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 62416 — RWE Clean Energy

## Facts

- **Operating capacity:** 220 MW — EIA and RWE · confidence: high
- **Equipment:** 100 Vestas 2.2 MW turbines — RWE · confidence: high
- **Project investment:** Approximately $250 million — RWE · confidence: high
- **Registered operator:** RWE Clean Energy — EIA · confidence: high

## Related parties

- **Portfolio eia registered operator and portfolio co-owner:** RWE Clean Energy — Financing covers a portfolio that includes Cranell Wind Farm LLC. ([source](https://americas.rwe.com/))
- **Wind-turbine supplier:** Vestas — RWE Cranell operation announcement ([source](https://www.vestas.com/))

## Sources

- [EIA May 2026 generator inventory](https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/) — U.S. Energy Information Administration · regulatory — Current generator records, capacity scopes, dates, status, operator, and technology.
- [RWE Cranell operation announcement](https://www.rwe.com/en/press/rwe-renewables/2020-10-05-rwe-us-onshore-wind-farm-cranell-starts-commercial-operation/) — RWE · official — Capacity, equipment, commercial-operation announcement and investment.

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Website: [RWE](https://www.rwe.com/en/press/rwe-renewables/2020-10-05-rwe-us-onshore-wind-farm-cranell-starts-commercial-operation/)
Profile published: 2026-07-17T03:34:10.957Z
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