Brazoria West
Shikun & Binui Energy (S&B USA) · Brazoria County · ERCOT
Brazoria West is a solar power facility with 200 MW of EIA-reported operating capacity in Brazoria County, Texas, registered as EIA Plant ID 64447. Brazoria West Solar Project, LLC is the registered plant entity or operator. Project filings list 397,000 solar panels for the facility.
Overview
Key fields
- Reported capacity
- 200 MW
EIA-reported operating capacity; nameplate, seasonal, AC/DC, and unit ratings may differ.
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
Primary generation technology.
- Registry anchor
- Plant 64447
Brazoria West Solar Project, LLC · Brazoria County · ERCOT
- Operating status
- Operating
Brazoria West is operating.
- Resource stack
- 2 resources
WES_UNIT1 · WES_UNIT2
Profile
- Grid role
- Utility-scale solar generation in ERCOT's energy-only market.
- Context
- Brazoria West is described by the Shikun & Binui Energy group as that firm’s largest solar PV project.
- Physical build
- Ground-mounted utility-scale photovoltaic project (260 MWdc / 200 MWac), sited on ~1,100–1,290 acres in Brazoria County, TX; project documentation lists photovoltaic solar panel modules (approx. 397,000 panels), DC-to-AC inverters, tracker racking systems, medium- and high-voltage collection, substation and gen‑tie. Talesun Solar announced a contract to supply 222 MW of bifacial modules to the Brazoria West project.
Structured profile
- Reported capacity
- 200 MW
Solar Photovoltaic
- Operating status
- operating
Brazoria West is operating.
- Location
- Brazoria County
ERCOT
- Operator
- Brazoria West Solar Project, LLC
- Asset role
- solar
ERCOT · Brazoria County
- Owner
- Brazoria West Solar Project, LLC
Therefore the owner_name field is assigned to that EIA-registered project company.
- Commercial operation
- 2022
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | 200 MW 200 MW summer | Solar Photovoltaic Solar · PV | Sep 2022 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 200 MW
- National rank
- #140
- TX rank
- #64
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 · Solar
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.
Financing
Transactions and agreements
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 | Brazoria West Solar Project, LLC | Owner / developer associated with Brazoria West. |
| Financier | Owner / developer associated with Brazoria West. | |
| Market resources | WES_UNIT1, WES_UNIT2 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-64447 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/brazoria-west. |
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
- Sale agreement / acquisition (development rights)Savion Sign...
S&B USA (Shikun & Binui) signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the Brazoria West development rights from Savion (announced March 2021).
- Financial close (tax-equity / project-level close reported)Norton Rose...
A financial closing tied to the project (tax-equity / project financings) is reported as achieved on November 23, 2021; other sources also report finance activity at construction completion in late 2022.
- Project financing arranged (debt)CIT Serves ...
CIT served as coordinating lead arranger for approximately $210 million of project-level financing (announcement dated November 29, 2021).
- Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator GEN1 with this operating date.
- Construction complete / commercial generation beginsSolar proje...
The project completed construction in late 2022 and began generating commercial power in November 2022; Shikun & Binui reported finishing construction and closing debt and tax-equity financing in December 2022.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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