Cranell Wind Farm LLC
RWE Clean Energy · Refugio County · ERCOT
Cranell Wind Farm is a 220 MW onshore wind facility in Refugio County, Texas. EIA's May 2026 inventory lists one 220 MW generator under Plant ID 62416, operated by RWE Clean Energy and assigned a January 2022 service month. RWE announced commercial operation in October 2020 and identifies 100 Vestas 2.2 MW turbines and an approximately $250 million investment. Those dates are presented separately because the current EIA generator record and RWE's project announcement describe different operating milestones.
Overview
Key fields
- Operating capacity
- 220 MW
EIA and RWE
- Wind turbines
- 100
Vestas 2.2 MW
- Project investment
- ≈$250M
RWE
- Settlement point
- CRANELL_ALL
ERCOT settlement point.
- Resource stack
- 1 resource
CRANELL_UNIT1
- Registry anchor
- Plant 62416
RWE Clean Energy
Profile
- Grid role
- Utility-scale onshore wind generation in South Texas.
- Equipment
- 100 Vestas turbines rated at 2.2 MW each.
- Operating dates
- RWE commercial-operation announcement October 2020 · EIA service month January 2022.
- Ownership scope
- RWE disclosed portfolio-level co-investment across Cranell and three other Texas wind farms.
Structured profile
- Operating capacity
- 220 MW
EIA and RWE
- Equipment
- 100 Vestas 2.2 MW turbines
RWE
- Project investment
- Approximately $250 million
RWE
- Registered operator
- RWE Clean Energy
EIA
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WT1 | 220 MW 220 MW summer | Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT | Jan 2022 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 220 MW
- National rank
- #192
- TX rank
- #67
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio eia registered operator and portfolio co-owner | Financing covers a portfolio that includes Cranell Wind Farm LLC. | |
| Wind-turbine supplier | RWE Cranell operation announcement | |
| Market resources | CRANELL_UNIT1 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-62416 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/cranell-wind-farm-llc. |
Reporting portfolio
| Largest reported plants | Capacity | State |
|---|---|---|
| Bright Arrow Solar, LLC | 403.6 MW | TX |
| Cartwheel 1 - Storage, LLC | 300 MW | TX |
| Peregrine Solar | 300 MW | TX |
| Fifth Standard Solar PV, LLC (Hybrid) | 287 MW | CA |
| Radfords Run Wind Farm | 278 MW | IL |
| Emily Solar, LLC | 273.6 MW | IL |
| Copper Mountain Solar 3 | 255 MW | NV |
| 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
- Commercial Operation AnnouncedRWE Cranell...
RWE announced operation of the 220 MW facility.
- EIA generator service monthEIA May 202...
The current EIA record assigns January 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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