Astra Wind Farm
Falvez Energy · Randall County · ERCOT
Astra Wind Farm is an EIA-listed onshore wind turbine facility with 163.0 MW in Randall County, Texas, registered as EIA Plant ID 60856. Falvez Energy is the public owner or developer; Astra Wind LLC is the registered plant entity or operator.
Overview
Key fields
- Reported capacity
- 163 MW
EIA-reported operating capacity; nameplate, seasonal, AC/DC, and unit ratings may differ.
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
Primary generation technology.
- Registry anchor
- Plant 60856
Astra Wind LLC · Randall County · ERCOT
- Operating status
- Operating
Astra Wind Farm is operating.
- Resource stack
- 1 resource
ASTRA_UNIT1
Profile
- Grid role
- Utility-scale wind generation in ERCOT's energy-only market.
- Context
- Astra Wind Farm (EIA Plant ID 60856) is a 163 MW onshore wind plant.
- Physical build
- Construction completed June 2017. Installed 68 GE 2.4-107 onshore wind turbines (68 × 2.4 MW = 163.2 MW). GE (GE Renewable Energy / GE Vernova) supplied the turbines and main transformer and was contracted to operate & maintain; TVI Group completed construction.
- Financing
- Oct 21, 2016 — Marathon Capital announced the tax-equity close for the 163 MW Astra Wind Project: GE Energy Financial Services and BNP Paribas each provided 50% of the project tax equity; GE Energy Financial Services additionally funded the project's construction financing facility.
Structured profile
- Reported capacity
- 163 MW
Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operating status
- operating
Astra Wind Farm is operating.
- Location
- Randall County
ERCOT
- Operator
- Astra Wind LLC
- Asset role
- wind
ERCOT · Randall County
- Owner
- Astra Wind LLC
These citations support 'Astra Wind LLC' as the public owner/operator name.
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASTRA | 163 MW 163 MW summer | Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT | May 2017 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 163 MW
- National rank
- #400
- TX rank
- #130
Monthly generation
Download CSVMonthly generation is reported through EIA-923. Capacity factor uses the current EIA nameplate capacity and is shown only for complete calendar years.
ERCOT disclosed dispatch
1 ERCOT market resource · Wind
Generation
3 mo through May 22, 2026Capacity factor is average output vs. this plant's observed peak.
Output by hourlocal time · 90 days through May 22, 2026
Latest disclosed outputhourly · 2 weeks ending May 22, 2026
Generation from ERCOT's 60-Day SCED Disclosure (≈60-day lag), summed over this site's market resources.
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 disclosuresOperating context
ERCOT market recordsNearby substations
HIFLD infrastructure inventoryCommercial, 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
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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Parties and identifiers
| Relationship | Entity | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Operator | Astra Wind LLC | Owner / developer associated with Astra Wind Farm. |
| EPC contractor | TVIG (through subsidiary Astra Construction, LLC) completed project construction and provided design, civil works, foundations, and O&M facility construction. | |
| Market resources | ASTRA_UNIT1 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-60856 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/astra-wind-farm. |
Reporting portfolio
Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.
Timeline and sources
Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.
Project timeline
- Construction completion (project pages)Astra Wind
Project construction was reported complete in May 2017 on TVIG project pages (TVIG also references completion in June 2017 in other text — see quality notes).
- First unit online (commercial operation)Astra Wind
EIA/plant reporting lists the project's first unit as online May 1, 2017; public project pages report the facility became operational in May 2017.
- Project completion (alternate reporting)Astra Wind
TVIG project summary also states construction completed in June 2017 (project pages contain both May and June 2017 completion references).
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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