Helena Wind is the 268.2 MW wind component of Ørsted's Helena Energy Center in Bee County, Texas. Ørsted completed the full 518 MW co-located project in June 2024 after adding the separate 250 MWAC Sparta Solar facility.
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EIA plant 63738 · Inventory for Sep 2026.
| Generator | Technology | Status | Power (MW) | Energy (MWh) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEL | Onshore Wind Turbine | Operating | 268.2 | Unknown |
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Current generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEL | 268.2 MW 268.2 MW summer | Onshore Wind Turbine WT | Jun 2022 | Operating |
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Monthly generation is reported through EIA-923. Capacity factor uses the current EIA nameplate capacity and is shown only for complete calendar years.
3 ERCOT market resources · Wind
Capacity factor is average output vs. this plant's observed peak.
Observed ERCOT settlement prices at FOXTROT_ALL over 365 days (2025-10-26 to 2026-10-25).
The TB2 figure is a price benchmark, not revenue: it values one perfect-foresight cycle per day between the 2 cheapest and 2 dearest hours of each day, gross of round-trip losses, and excludes ancillary services and any physical dispatch constraint. It describes what this node’s price shape was worth over the window — it is not this asset’s realized capture, and no dispatch is assumed or modelled.
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Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.
EIA-860 lists generator HEL with this operating date.
Ørsted announced a 150 MW, 15-year Google PPA.
Ørsted announced completion of the 518 MW wind-and-solar center.
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
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Helena Wind reports 268.2 MW wind of operating nameplate capacity. These technology ratings do not establish a common export limit. Source: EIA Sep 2026.
Helena Wind is a Onshore Wind Turbine facility in Bee County, TX, participating in the ERCOT market.
Helena Wind is in Bee County, TX, inside the ERCOT balancing area.
Helena Wind is operated by Helena Wind, LLC according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.
Helena Wind reports a commercial operation date of 2022. Current status: operating. Source: EIA Sep 2026.
Helena Wind reported 788 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-07. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.
By capacity, Helena Wind ranks #126 of 1,374 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #42 of 230 in TX.
Plants within 25 km, nearest first, regardless of technology. Proximity is straight-line distance between mapped plant coordinates; it does not by itself establish a shared point of interconnection.
