# Aviator Wind

ERCOT Onshore Wind Turbine · https://askthegrid.com/ercot/assets/plant/aviator-wind

Aviator Wind is a 525 MW wind project in Coke County, Texas. EIA's May 2026 inventory reports one operating 525 MW generator record with June 2021 as its service month. NorthStar Clean Energy is the majority owner and operator, Kansai Electric Power is the minority partner, and the project uses 191 GE wind turbines. CMS Energy announced its 51% acquisition in July 2020; NorthStar says its team completed construction and commissioned the project.
Utility-scale wind generation in ERCOT's West region. EIA reports one 525 MW generator record; NorthStar reports 191 GE wind turbines. NorthStar is the majority owner and operator; Kansai Electric Power is the minority partner.

## Key facts

- Technology: Onshore Wind Turbine
- Power capacity: 525 MW
- Operating status: operating

## Grid and market context

- ISO/RTO: ERCOT
- Balancing authority: ERCOT
- Settlement node: AVIAT_ALL
- Market resources: AVIATOR_UNIT1, AVIATOR_UNIT2, DEWOLF_UNIT1

## Settlement price economics

Observed ERCOT settlement prices at AVIAT_ALL, 2025-07-26 to 2026-07-25 (364 days, 8,732 settled hours).

- Average price: $29.99/MWh
- Hourly range: -$33 to $1,151/MWh
- Negative price hours: 1,245
- TB2 spread benchmark: $56.4/kW-yr
- Average daily top/bottom spread: $77.40/MWh

The TB2 figure is a price benchmark, not revenue. It values one perfect-foresight cycle per day, gross of round-trip losses, and excludes ancillary services. It is not this asset's realized capture and assumes no dispatch.

## Source-backed facts

- Turbine count: 191 turbines — NorthStar Aviator project page · confidence: high

## Timeline

- 2021-06 — EIA operating record service month
  EIA's current generator inventory reports June 2021 for AVTOR.
  Source: EIA May 2026 generator inventory (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/)

## Sources

- [EIA May 2026 generator inventory](https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/) — U.S. Energy Information Administration · tier regulatory
- [ERCOT current settlement-point listing](https://www.ercot.com/content/cdr/html/current_np6788.html) — Electric Reliability Council of Texas · tier regulatory
- [NorthStar Aviator project page](https://northstarcleanenergy.com/project/aviator-wind/) — NorthStar Clean Energy · tier official
- [TxGIO land parcel service](https://feature.geographic.texas.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Parcels/stratmap_land_parcels_48_most_recent/MapServer) — Texas Geographic Information Office · tier regulatory

## Data quality

- Nameplate, seasonal, operating, company, and transaction scopes are labeled separately.

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