La Chalupa, LLC
ACCIONA Energía · Cameron County · ERCOT
La Chalupa, LLC is a wind power facility with 198.5 MW of EIA-reported operating capacity in Cameron County, Texas, registered as EIA Plant ID 63624. ACCIONA / ACCIONA Energía is the public owner or developer; Acciona Energy USA Global, LLC is the registered plant entity or operator. La Chalupa is the single largest wind farm in ACCIONA's North American portfolio (about 198 MW).
Overview
Key fields
- Reported capacity
- 198.5 MW
EIA-reported operating capacity; nameplate, seasonal, AC/DC, and unit ratings may differ.
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
Primary generation technology.
- Registry anchor
- Plant 63624
Acciona Energy USA Global, LLC · Cameron County · ERCOT
- Operating status
- Operating
La Chalupa, LLC is operating.
- Resource stack
- 2 resources
CHALUPA_UNIT1 · CHALUPA_UNIT2
Profile
- Grid role
- Utility-scale wind generation in ERCOT's energy-only market.
- Context
- La Chalupa is the single largest wind farm in ACCIONA's North American portfolio (about 198 MW).
- Physical build
- La Chalupa, LLC (La Chalupa wind farm) — physically built as an onshore wind farm using Nordex AW125/3150-series turbines: the owner/operator ACCIONA states the project is equipped with 63 Nordex AWP/ AW 3150 turbines; towers are steel with ~87.5 m (≈300 ft) hub height and the project includes an ~11-mile high-voltage line to the grid. The site appears in ERCOT listings as two market resources (CHALUPA_UNIT1 and CHALUPA_UNIT2) split by capacity in ERCOT reporting.
Structured profile
- Reported capacity
- 198.5 MW
Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operating status
- operating
La Chalupa, LLC is operating.
- Location
- Cameron County
ERCOT
- Operator
- Acciona Energy USA Global, LLC
- Asset role
- wind
ERCOT · Cameron County
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LC | 198.5 MW 198.5 MW summer | Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT | Jun 2021 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 198.5 MW
- National rank
- #340
- TX rank
- #105
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
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 recordsInterconnection record
ERCOT GIS ReportMatched to the latest available ERCOT generation-interconnection queue record. Queue status and completion dates describe the queue record; operating status is verified separately against plant and market registrations.
Nearby 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 | Owner / developer associated with La Chalupa, LLC. | |
| Market resources | CHALUPA_UNIT1, CHALUPA_UNIT2 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-63624 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/la-chalupa-llc. |
Reporting portfolio
| Largest reported plants | Capacity | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Tailed Hawk Solar LLC | 360 MW | TX |
| AEUG Union Solar, LLC | 325 MW | OH |
| Fort Bend Solar LLC | 240 MW | TX |
| La Chalupa, LLCCurrent | 198.5 MW | TX |
| Cunningham Storage | 190 MW | TX |
| Palmas Wind, LLC | 144.9 MW | TX |
| High Point Solar LLC | 100 MW | IL |
| San Roman Wind I, LLC | 95.3 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
- Project Start-Up (ACCIONA)Source
ACCIONA groups La Chalupa with a January 2021 start-up timeframe as part of its Cameron County portfolio expansion.
- Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator LC with this operating date.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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