Goldthwaite Wind Energy Facility
Invenergy Services LLC · Mills County · ERCOT
Goldthwaite Wind Energy Facility is a wind power facility with 150 MW of EIA-reported operating capacity in Mills County, Texas, registered as EIA Plant ID 58321. Invenergy Services LLC is the registered plant entity or operator. Commercial operation began on June 13, 2014.
Overview
Key fields
- Reported capacity
- 150 MW
EIA-reported operating capacity; nameplate, seasonal, AC/DC, and unit ratings may differ.
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
Primary generation technology.
- Registry anchor
- Plant 58321
Invenergy Services LLC · Mills County · ERCOT
- Operating status
- Operating
Goldthwaite Wind Energy Facility is operating.
- Commercial operation
- June 13, 2014
Best-supported operating milestone.
- Resource stack
- 1 resource
GWEC_GWEC_G1
Profile
- Grid role
- Utility-scale wind generation in ERCOT's energy-only market.
- Physical build
- Owner/operator disclosures state the project was built with GE turbines: 83 GE 1.7 MW machines plus 3 GE 2.5 MW “Brilliant” machines (owner press release).
- Financing
- Invenergy announced closing of construction financing for Goldthwaite on July 2, 2013 (construction financing close).
Structured profile
- Reported capacity
- 150 MW
Onshore Wind Turbine
- Commercial operation
- June 13, 2014
- Operating status
- operating
Goldthwaite Wind Energy Facility is operating.
- Location
- Mills County
ERCOT
- Operator
- Invenergy Services LLC
- Asset role
- wind
ERCOT · Mills County
- Owner
- Invenergy Services LLC
A FERC/EIA record row explicitly associates plant 58321 with 'Invenergy Services LLC'. Other EIA-derived directories and interconnection listings also state the facility is operated by Invenergy Services LLC. These sources together support naming Invenergy Services LLC as the registered owner/operator.
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 150 MW 150 MW summer | Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT | Dec 2013 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 150 MW
- National rank
- #444
- TX rank
- #145
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.
Financing
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 | Owner / developer associated with Goldthwaite Wind Energy Facility. | |
| Developer | Owner / developer associated with Goldthwaite Wind Energy Facility. | |
| Market resources | GWEC_GWEC_G1 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-58321 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/goldthwaite-wind-energy-facility. |
Reporting portfolio
| Largest reported plants | Capacity | State |
|---|---|---|
| Lackawanna Energy Center | 1,498.5 MW | PA |
| Grays Harbor Energy Facility | 714.9 MW | WA |
| Nelson Energy Center | 627.5 MW | IL |
| Hardee Power Station | 470.1 MW | FL |
| Spindle Hill Energy Center | 420 MW | CO |
| Invenergy Nelson Expansion LLC | 380 MW | IL |
| Cannon Falls Energy Center | 346.8 MW | MN |
| Delilah Solar Energy II LLC | 310 MW | TX |
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
- Construction Financing ClosedInvenergy C...
Invenergy announced the successful closing of construction financing for the Goldthwaite Wind project.
- Commercial-operation (some databases record)Invenergy C...
Some third‑party project databases record the facility's date of commercial operation as December 2013.
- Invenergy announces full commercial operationInvenergy C...
Invenergy Wind LLC announced commencement of full commercial operation of the ~148.6–150 MW Goldthwaite Wind Energy Center.
- Industry Ownership ReportingGoldthwaite...
Industry reporting (Power‑Technology) listed GE Financial Services and Invenergy as owning the project.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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