El Algodon Alto Wind Farm, LLC
RWE Clean Energy · San Patricio County · ERCOT
EIA's May 2026 inventory dates its aggregate wind-generator record to May 2022. RWE invested approximately €280 million in the project and reported more than $11.1 million of local construction spending.
Overview
Key fields
- Operating capacity
- 200.2 MW
EIA May 2026
- Turbines
- 91
Vestas · RWE
- RWE investment
- ≈€280M
RWE interim report
- Local construction spend
- >$11.1M
RWE
Resource stack
- 2 resources
ALGODON_UNIT1 · ALGODON_UNIT2
Profile
- Grid role
- Utility-scale onshore wind generation in ERCOT's South region.
- Physical build
- 91 Vestas turbines; RWE does not identify a model in the reviewed first-party release.
- Investment
- Approximately €280 million invested by RWE; more than $11.1 million spent locally during construction.
Structured profile
- Nameplate capacity
- 200.2 MW
EIA
- Equipment
- 91 Vestas turbines
RWE
- Local construction workforce
- 200–300 people
RWE
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EEA | 200.2 MW 200.2 MW summer | Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT | May 2022 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 200.2 MW
- National rank
- #268
- TX rank
- #88
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
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Market registration
ERCOT public disclosuresOperating context
ERCOT market recordsInterconnection record
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Nearby substations
HIFLD infrastructure inventoryCommercial, land, and environmental record
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Project company | El Algodon Alto Wind Farm LLC | EIA May 2026 generator inventory |
| Turbine supplier | RWE El Algodon Alto announcement | |
| Market resources | ALGODON_UNIT1, ALGODON_UNIT2 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-64591 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/el-algodon-alto-wind-farm-llc. |
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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
- Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator EEA with this operating date.
- RWE announced the operating projectRWE El Algo...
RWE announced the 200 MW facility with 91 Vestas turbines.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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