Green Pastures Wind I
Baylor County · ERCOT
Green Pastures Wind I is a wind power facility with 150 MW of EIA-reported operating capacity in Baylor County, Texas, registered as EIA Plant ID 59732.
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 59732
Baylor County · ERCOT
- Operating status
- Operating
- Settlement point
- GPASTURE_ALL
ERCOT settlement point.
- Resource stack
- 1 resource
GPASTURE_WIND_I
Profile
- Grid role
- Utility-scale wind generation in ERCOT's energy-only market.
- Market node
- GPASTURE.
- Physical build
- Green Pastures Wind I (Phase 1): 150 MW installed as 50 × ACCIONA AW 116/3000 turbines (3.0 MW each). The broader Green Pastures project comprises two 150 MW phases (50 turbines each) for a 300 MW total.
- Financing
- October 2014: Capital Dynamics closed project financing for the Green Pastures first phase in partnership with Prudential Capital Group (project‑level financial close for first phase).
Structured profile
- Reported capacity
- 150 MW
Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operating status
- operating
Green Pastures Wind I is operating.
- Location
- Baylor County
ERCOT
- Asset role
- wind
ERCOT · Baylor County
- Owner
- Green Pastures Wind I, LLC
Those are primary/official registry sources for the owner/registrant.
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPI | 150 MW 150 MW summer | Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT | Apr 2015 | 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Austin‑based developer of the Green Pastures project; identified as the developer and the entity from which Capital Dynamics acquired Green Pastures in 2014. | |
| Portfolio financier | Financing covers a portfolio that includes Green Pastures Wind I. | |
| Owner / developer | Announced acquisition in November 2024 of Green Pastures I and II (transaction reported at ≈ USD 202.5 million enterprise value for the two farms). | |
| Market resources | GPASTURE_WIND_I | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-59732 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/green-pastures-wind-i. |
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
- Project acquisition by Capital Dynamics (from developer)Media relea...
Capital Dynamics announced acquisition of the Green Pastures project (300 MW combined Green Pastures I & II) in early October 2014; the project was described as a 300 MW Texas onshore wind farm developed by Pioneer Green Energy.
- Project financial close for first phase (project financing)Green Pastu...
Capital Dynamics, in partnership with Prudential Capital Group, achieved financial close for the first phase of the Green Pastures project in October 2014.
- First turbines installed / construction milestoneFirst Turbi...
Capital Dynamics reported first turbines installed and stated the first phase was expected to begin commercial operations in early 2015.
- Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator GPI with this operating date.
- Acquisition ClosedACCIONA Ene...
ACCIONA Energía acquired Green Pastures Wind I (150 MW first phase) as part of its purchase of Green Pastures I & II from Capital Dynamics; transaction enterprise value USD 203 million.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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