Zier Solar
Cypress Creek Renewables · Kinney County · ERCOT
Zier Solar is a hybrid solar-and-storage facility near Brackettville in Kinney County, Texas. EIA's May 2026 inventory reports a 160 MW solar generator and a 40.4 MW battery generator with 80 MWh of storage, both dated April 2024. Cypress Creek describes the project on a different equipment basis as 208 MW of photovoltaic capacity plus a 40 MW / 80 MWh battery system and announced commercial operation in May 2024. Kiewit reports installing more than 390,000 Maxeon modules and more than 50,000 NEXTracker assemblies; NADBank's project record planned approximately 41 inverters.
Overview
Key fields
- EIA operating power
- 200.4 MW
160 MW solar · 40.4 MW battery
- Battery energy
- 80 MWh
EIA and project disclosures
- Company PV rating
- 208 MW
Cypress Creek
- Project financing
- $216M
Cypress Creek · Sep 2022
- NADBank loan
- $61.19M
Exact project
- Settlement point
- ZIER_SLR_ALL
ERCOT settlement point.
- Commercial operation
- Apr–May 2024
EIA and Cypress Creek
Resource stack
- 2 resources
ZIER_SLR_ESR1 · ZIER_SLR_PV1
Profile
- EIA configuration
- 160 MW solar plus 40.4 MW battery power and 80 MWh battery energy.
- Company configuration
- 208 MW photovoltaic plus 40 MW / 80 MWh storage; this is a different source basis from EIA.
- Physical build
- More than 390,000 Maxeon modules and more than 50,000 NEXTracker assemblies installed by Kiewit.
Structured profile
- EIA solar capacity
- 160 MW
EIA
- EIA battery rating
- 40.4 MW / 80 MWh
EIA
- Installed modules
- More than 390,000
Kiewit
- Owner and operator
- Cypress Creek Renewables
Company disclosure
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11023 | 40.4 MW 40.4 MW summer | Batteries Electricity used for energy storage · BA | Apr 2024 | Operating |
| 41195 | 160 MW 160 MW summer | Solar Photovoltaic Solar · PV | Apr 2024 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 160 MW
- National rank
- #245
- TX rank
- #90
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 · Battery / storage, Solar
Dispatch
3 mo through May 22, 2026Cycles/day is discharged energy vs. usable capacity (~80 MWh). Capacity factor is avg discharge vs. 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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Owner and operator | Cypress Creek Zier operation announcement | |
| Engineering and construction contractor | Kiewit Zier project record | |
| Market resources | ZIER_SLR_ESR1, ZIER_SLR_PV1 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-66137 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/zier-solar. |
Reporting portfolio
| Largest reported plants | Capacity | State |
|---|---|---|
| Zier SolarCurrent | 200.4 MW | TX |
| Shakes Solar | 200 MW | TX |
| Brazos Bend BESS, LLC | 100 MW | TX |
| Innovative Solar 46 | 78.5 MW | NC |
| Bay Tree | 70.1 MW | NC |
| Shoe Creek Solar, LLC | 65 MW | NC |
| Innovative Solar 43, LLC | 50.8 MW | NC |
| Bladen Solar | 50 MW | NC |
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
- NADBank certified the project loanNADBank Zie...
NADBank reports a $61.19 million loan.
- Project Financing ClosedCypress Cre...
Cypress Creek closed a $216 million financing package.
- EIA operating records beganEIA May 202...
EIA dates both solar and battery generators to April 2024.
- Completion CelebratedCypress Cre...
Cypress Creek celebrated completion and commercial operation on May 2.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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