Heart of Texas Wind Project
Scout Clean Energy LLC · McCulloch County · ERCOT
Heart of Texas Wind Project is a 180 MW wind farm in McCulloch County, Texas, registered as EIA Plant ID 61032. Scout Clean Energy owns and operates the project. Commercial operation began in May 2020.
Overview
Key fields
- Reported capacity
- 180 MW
EIA-reported operating capacity; nameplate, seasonal, AC/DC, and unit ratings may differ.
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
Primary generation technology.
- Registry anchor
- Plant 61032
Scout Clean Energy LLC · McCulloch County · ERCOT
- Operating status
- Operating
Heart of Texas Wind Project is operating.
- Commercial operation
- May 2020
Best-supported operating milestone.
Resource stack
- 3 resources
RTS2_U1 · RTS2_U2
Profile
- Physical build
- Balance-of-plant delivered under a fixed-price balance-of-plant agreement with RES Americas Construction; the project installed sixty-four (64) GE 2-MW platform onshore wind turbines (the site uses three different 2‑MW‑platform models to optimize production). Commercial operation May 2020; EIA Plant ID 61032, represented in ERCOT as RTS2_U1/RTS2_U2 (two 90 MW market units).
Structured profile
- Reported capacity
- 180 MW
Onshore Wind Turbine
- Commercial operation
- May 2020
- Location
- McCulloch County
ERCOT
- Operator
- Scout Clean Energy LLC
- Asset role
- wind
ERCOT · McCulloch County
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HTX | 180 MW 180 MW summer | Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT | May 2020 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 180 MW
- National rank
- #366
- TX rank
- #117
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
3 ERCOT market resources · Wind
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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Operator | Current owner; acquired the project from RES Americas in September 2019. | |
| Portfolio financier | Financing covers a portfolio that includes Heart of Texas Wind Project. | |
| Portfolio financier | Financing covers a portfolio that includes Heart of Texas Wind Project. | |
| Portfolio tax equity investor | Financing covers a portfolio that includes Heart of Texas Wind Project. | |
| Market resources | RTS2_U1, RTS2_U2, RTS_U1 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-61032 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/heart-of-texas-wind-project. |
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
- Acquisition ClosedScout Close...
Scout acquired Heart of Texas project from RES prior to project financing close.
- Construction & tax‑equity commitments securedScout flush...
Scout announced it had secured construction financing and tax equity commitments for the 180 MW Heart of Texas project (announced September 2019).
- Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator HTX with this operating date.
- PUC reporting entry for generator operationSource
Texas PUC reporting lists RTS2_U1 (90 MW) with a reported generator operation date of December 2, 2020 in regulatory filings.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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