Panther Creek Wind Farm I
Howard County · ERCOT
Panther Creek Wind Farm I is a wind power facility with 153.9 MW of EIA-reported operating capacity in Howard County, Texas, registered as EIA Plant ID 56920. RWE Renewables is the public owner or developer; RWE Renewables Americas, LLC is the registered plant entity or operator. The plant began commercial operation in 2008. It participates as an ERCOT energy-market wind resource (listed as a wind and WT resource in ERCOT reports).
Overview
Key fields
- Reported capacity
- 153.9 MW
EIA-reported operating capacity; nameplate, seasonal, AC/DC, and unit ratings may differ.
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
Primary generation technology.
- Registry anchor
- Plant 56920
RWE Renewables Americas, LLC · Howard County · ERCOT
- Operating status
- Operating
Panther Creek Wind Farm I is operating.
- Commercial operation
- September 2008
Best-supported operating milestone.
- Resource stack
- 1 resource
PC_NORTH_PANTHER1
Profile
- Grid role
- Utility-scale wind generation in ERCOT's energy-only market.
- Physical build
- Panther Creek Wind Farm I (Howard County, TX) — 95 GE 1.5 SLE wind turbines (1.5 MW each), total nameplate ~142.5 MW; commissioned 2008; operated by RWE Renewables Americas, LLC.
- Financing
- December 2013: E. ON Climate & Renewables closed financing for the Panther Creek I & II vehicle (press releases dated December 2013 reference a financing round and a $96.2M institutional/tax‑equity figure reported in project data).
Structured profile
- Commercial operation
- September 2008
- Operating status
- operating
Panther Creek Wind Farm I is operating.
- Location
- Howard County
ERCOT
- Operator
- RWE Renewables Americas, LLC
- Asset role
- wind
ERCOT · Howard County
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 142.5 MW 153.9 MW summer | Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT | Jul 2008 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 142.5 MW
- National rank
- #514
- TX rank
- #162
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Market resources | PC_NORTH_PANTHER1 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-56920 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/panther-creek-wind-farm-i. |
Reporting portfolio
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| Copper Mountain Solar 3 | 255 MW | NV |
| Copper Mountain Solar 5, LLC | 252 MW | NV |
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
- Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator 1 with this operating date.
- Commercial operation (phase I)E.ON surges...
Panther Creek I came online in September 2008; sources list a 142.5 MW nameplate for Phase I and GE 1.5 SLE turbines.
- E. ON financing closed (Panther Creek I & II)E.ON Climat...
E. ON Climate & Renewables reported closing financing for the Panther Creek I & II vehicle in December 2013 (project coverage and press releases reference approximately $96.2M institutional/tax‑equity financing in project data).
- Tax‑equity financing for repowering (I & II)Financial S...
In September 2019 E. ON secured tax‑equity financing (industry and GE notices reference GE Energy Financial Services involvement and press coverage cites more than $200M of tax‑equity for repowering Panther Creek I & II).
- Repowering Activity (Complex)RWE's US on...
RWE announced a repowering partnership with GE Renewable Energy for Panther Creek III in April 2021; repowering activity and financing for the Panther Creek complex have been reported across phases.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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