# Los Vientos Wind 1B

ERCOT asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/los-vientos-wind-1b

Duke Energy Renewables Services · Cameron County · ERCOT

Los Vientos Wind 1B is a 201.6 MW wind facility in Cameron County, Texas. EIA's May 2026 inventory lists Duke Energy Renewables Services as the registered operator and December 2012 as the service month. NADBank's exact-project record identifies 84 wind turbines rated 2.4 MW each, a 7.5-mile transmission line to ERCOT's Rio Hondo substation, Austin Energy as the power purchaser and a $110 million NADBank loan.

## Profile

- **Grid role:** Utility-scale onshore wind generation serving the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
- **Equipment:** 84 wind turbines rated 2.4 MW each.
- **Interconnection:** 7.5-mile transmission line to ERCOT's Rio Hondo substation.
- **Commercial structure:** Austin Energy purchases project output · $110 million NADBank loan.

## Metrics

- **Operating capacity:** 201.6 MW — EIA and NADBank
- **Wind turbines:** 84 — 2.4 MW each
- **NADBank loan:** $110M — Exact asset
- **Power purchaser:** Austin Energy — NADBank
- **Commercial operation:** Dec 2012 — EIA May 2026
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 57752 — Duke Energy Renewables Services

## Facts

- **Operating capacity:** 201.6 MW — EIA and NADBank · confidence: high
- **Equipment:** 84 × 2.4 MW wind turbines — NADBank · confidence: high
- **Financing:** $110 million NADBank loan — NADBank · confidence: high
- **Power purchaser:** Austin Energy — NADBank · confidence: high

## Related parties

- **Sponsor and EIA registered operator:** Duke Energy Renewables Services — NADBank Los Vientos 1B project record ([source](https://www.duke-energy.com/))
- **Portfolio $110 million project lender:** North American Development Bank — Financing covers a portfolio that includes Los Vientos Wind 1B. ([source](https://nadbank.org/))

## 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.
- [NADBank Los Vientos 1B project record](https://nadbank.org/our-projects/financed-projects/proyect/los-vientos-windpower-1b) — North American Development Bank · official — Exact capacity, equipment count, transmission scope, lender, loan amount and offtaker.

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Website: [Duke Energy](https://nadbank.org/our-projects/financed-projects/proyect/los-vientos-windpower-1b)
Profile published: 2026-07-17T03:34:31.403Z
Source: Ask the Grid — https://askthegrid.com/