Mockingbird Solar Center
Ørsted and Energy Capital Partners · Lamar County · ERCOT
Mockingbird Solar Center is a utility-scale photovoltaic plant in Lamar County, Texas. EIA's May 2026 inventory reports one operating generator at 471 MW AC and 572 MW DC, with commercial operation beginning in October 2024. Ørsted currently describes the operating project as 468 MW and continues to operate it after selling a 50% equity interest to Energy Capital Partners in December 2024. Ørsted also completed a 953-acre conservation donation to The Nature Conservancy alongside the project.
Overview
Key fields
- AC capacity
- 471 MW
EIA May 2026
- DC capacity
- 572 MW
EIA May 2026
- Company rating
- 468 MW
Ørsted operating-project release
- Commercial operation
- October 2024
EIA May 2026
- Conservation donation
- 953 acres
Ørsted
- Registry anchor
- Plant 64347
Mockingbird Solar Center, LLC
Resource stack
- 2 resources
BAKE_SLR_UNIT1 · BAKE_SLR_UNIT2
Profile
- Grid role
- Utility-scale photovoltaic generation in ERCOT.
- Capacity scope
- EIA reports 471 MW AC and 572 MW DC; Ørsted's current operating-project release uses 468 MW.
- Ownership and operation
- Ørsted and Energy Capital Partners each hold 50%; Ørsted continues to operate the project.
- Land conservation
- Ørsted completed a 953-acre donation establishing the Smiley Meadow Preserve.
Structured profile
- AC capacity
- 471 MW
EIA May 2026
- DC capacity
- 572 MW
EIA May 2026
- Current ownership
- 50% Ørsted · 50% Energy Capital Partners
December 2024 farm-down
- Operator
- Ørsted
Retained operating responsibility
- Commercial operation
- October 2024
EIA May 2026
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7777 | 471 MW 471 MW summer | Solar Photovoltaic Solar · PV | Oct 2024 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 471 MW
- National rank
- #13
- TX rank
- #6
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 · Solar
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 recordsNearby substations
HIFLD infrastructure inventoryRelated 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Owner / operator | Owner / operator for Mockingbird Solar Center | |
| Conservation partner | Conservation partner for Mockingbird Solar Center | |
| Market resources | BAKE_SLR_UNIT1, BAKE_SLR_UNIT2 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-64347 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/mockingbird-solar-center. |
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
- Final investment decision and construction startØrsted Mock...
Ørsted announced FID and construction of the 471 MW AC project.
- Commercial Operation BeganEIA May 202...
EIA reports October 2024 for the operating generator.
- Commencement celebrated and land donation completedØrsted Mock...
Ørsted celebrated operation and completion of the 953-acre conservation donation.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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