Los Vientos Windpower IV
Starr County
Overview
- Reported capacity
- 200 MW
- EIA-reported operating capacity; nameplate, seasonal, AC/DC, and unit ratings may differ.
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Primary generation technology.
- Registry anchor
- Plant 59321
- Starr County · ERCOT
- Operating status
- Operating
- Commercial operation
- July 8, 2016
- Best-supported operating milestone.
- Resource stack
- 1 resource
- LV4_UNIT_1
Infrastructure record
- Operator
- Deriva Energy
- Alternate name
- LOSVNTS4-98
- Reference
- LOSVNTS4-98
- Turbines
- 1
- Manufacturers
- Vestas
Profile
- Grid role
- Utility-scale wind generation in ERCOT's energy-only market.
- Physical build
- Los Vientos Windpower IV (200 MW) — Vestas supplied and installed 100 V110-2.0 MW onshore wind turbines (100 × 2.0 MW).
Structured profile
- Reported capacity
- 200 MW
Onshore Wind Turbine
- Commercial operation
- July 8, 2016
- Operating status
- operating
Los Vientos Windpower IV is operating.
- Location
- Starr County
ERCOT
- Asset role
- wind
ERCOT · Starr County
Generation and physical site
EIA plant 59321 · Inventory for Sep 2026.
Reported operating nameplate by technology
- Wind
- 200 MW
Generator records (1)
| Generator | Technology | Status | Power (MW) | Energy (MWh) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | Operating | 200 | Unknown |
- Physical map location · OpenStreetMap
- 26.47970, -98.70908
- Filed location · EIA
- 26.38056, -98.81833
Sources and observation dates
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Units and generators
Current generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | 200 MW 200 MW summer | Onshore Wind Turbine WT | Jul 2016 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 200 MW
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- National rank
- #283
- of 1,374 operating peers
- TX rank
- #96
- of 230 operating peers
Monthly generation
Download CSVLatest 12 months
434.6 GWh
Reported net generation
Latest report
Jul 2026
EIA-923 monthly filing
2025 capacity factor
24.1%
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.
Market registration
ERCOT public disclosuresCommercial, 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
0.1157 Acres
TxGIO parcel intersecting the mapped EIA plant coordinate; parcel 38239; STARR APPRAISAL DISTRICT; tax year 2025
Coordinate Parcel Id
2025
38239
TxGIO parcel intersecting the mapped EIA plant coordinate; parcel 38239; STARR APPRAISAL DISTRICT; tax year 2025
Coordinate Parcel Market Value
2025
29820
TxGIO parcel intersecting the mapped EIA plant coordinate; parcel 38239; STARR APPRAISAL DISTRICT; tax year 2025
Coordinate Parcel Owner
2025
GARZA MARGARITA R
TxGIO parcel intersecting the mapped EIA plant coordinate; parcel 38239; STARR APPRAISAL DISTRICT; tax year 2025
Related parties and identifiers
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
- Power Purchase AgreementSource
Los Vientos IV will sell 100% of net electric energy produced and associated environmental attributes and ancillary services to Austin Energy under 25-year power purchase agreement from commercial operation date.
- Generator enters operation