Young Wind
NextEra Energy Resources · Young County · ERCOT
Young Wind is a utility-scale wind facility in Young County, Texas. EIA's May 2026 inventory reports one 500 MW operating generator record dated December 2022. NextEra's September 2025 generation portfolio lists Young Wind at 499.1 MW, 100% owned, with a 2022 in-service year. Apex originated the project, and its Texas Chapter 313 application described a planned 500 MW wind farm.
Overview
Key fields
- EIA capacity
- 500 MW
May 2026 inventory
- Company capacity
- 499.1 MW
NextEra September 2025
- NextEra interest
- 100%
September 2025 portfolio
- Commercial operation
- December 2022
EIA
- Current settlement point
- YNG_WND_ALL
ERCOT public mapping
- Registry anchor
- Plant 65763
Young Wind, LLC
Resource stack
- 3 resources
YNG_WND_UNIT1 · YNG_WND_UNIT2
Profile
- Grid role
- Utility-scale wind generation in ERCOT.
- Capacity scope
- EIA reports 500 MW; NextEra reports 499.1 MW in its corporate portfolio.
- Ownership
- NextEra's September 2025 portfolio reports a 100% ownership interest.
- Development record
- Apex's Chapter 313 application described the planned project as a 500 MW wind farm in Young County.
Structured profile
- EIA capacity
- 500 MW
EIA May 2026
- Company capacity
- 499.1 MW
NextEra September 2025
- Ownership
- NextEra 100%
NextEra September 2025
- Commercial operation
- December 2022
EIA May 2026
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WYOUN | 500 MW 500 MW summer | Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT | Dec 2022 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 500 MW
- National rank
- #16
- 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
3 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio owner / operator | Financing covers a portfolio that includes Young Wind. | |
| Market resources | YNG_WND_UNIT1, YNG_WND_UNIT2, YNG_WND_UNIT3 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-65763 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/young-wind. |
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
- Chapter 313 application filedYoung Wind ...
Apex affiliate Young Wind, LLC described a planned 500 MW wind farm in Young County.
- Generator Entered ServiceEIA May 202...
EIA reports December 2022 for the operating generator record.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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