Blackjack Creek Wind Farm
RWE Clean Energy · Bee and Refugio counties · ERCOT
Blackjack Creek Wind Farm is a 239.6 MW wind facility spanning Bee and Refugio counties in South Texas. EIA's May 2026 inventory lists one operating generator under Plant ID 62783, with service beginning in May 2023 and RWE Clean Energy as the registered operator. RWE describes the project as 240 MW and identifies 50 Nordex turbines rated at 4.8 MW each. RWE's 2021 construction announcement projected late-2021 operation, but the page uses the later EIA service date as the operating record.
Overview
Key fields
- Operating capacity
- 239.6 MW
EIA May 2026
- RWE project rating
- 240 MW
RWE
- Turbines
- 50
Nordex · 4.8 MW
- Operating month
- May 2023
EIA
- Registry anchor
- Plant 62783
RWE Clean Energy
Resource stack
- 2 resources
BLACKJAK_UNIT1 · BLACKJAK_UNIT2
Profile
- Grid role
- Utility-scale wind generation in ERCOT's South region.
- Operating record
- 239.6 MW EIA · May 2023 service month.
- Company project rating
- 240 MW reported by RWE.
- Equipment
- 50 Nordex turbines rated at 4.8 MW each.
Structured profile
- Operating capacity
- 239.6 MW
EIA
- Project rating
- 240 MW
RWE
- Equipment
- 50 × 4.8 MW Nordex turbines
RWE
- Location
- Bee and Refugio counties
RWE
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLKJK | 239.6 MW 239.6 MW summer | Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT | May 2023 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 239.6 MW
- National rank
- #166
- TX rank
- #55
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
2 ERCOT market resources · 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 recordsInterconnection record
ERCOT GIS ReportMatched to the latest available ERCOT generation-interconnection queue record. Queue status and completion dates describe the queue record; operating status is verified separately against plant and market registrations.
Nearby 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EIA registered operator and project owner | EIA May 2026 generator inventory | |
| Wind-turbine supplier | RWE Blackjack Creek construction announcement | |
| Market resources | BLACKJAK_UNIT1, BLACKJAK_UNIT2 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-62783 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/blackjack-creek-wind-farm. |
Reporting portfolio
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| Copper Mountain Solar 5, LLC | 252 MW | NV |
Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.
View full reporting portfolioTimeline and sources
Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.
Project timeline
- RWE Announced ConstructionRWE Blackja...
RWE identified the 240 MW project and its 50-turbine configuration.
- Project Entered ServiceEIA May 202...
EIA reports May 2023, later than RWE's original late-2021 expectation.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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