Astra Wind Farm

Wind power plant in Texas, United States of America. Approximate location 34.7695, -102.0524.

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Astra Wind Farm is a 163 MW wind power station in Texas, United States of America. It is operated by Astra Wind LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 497 GWh, it can supply roughly 142,057 homes. It ranks #1443 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2017, it is around 9 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 10.3% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

163MW installed capacity
497GWh reported / yr
142,057homes powered
2017commissioned (~9 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0060856.

Reported generation trend

2017: 402 GWh20172018: 665 GWh20182019: 497 GWh2019665 GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Astra Wind LLC.

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 34.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

13.7°Cannual mean temp
2,214heating degree-days (base 18°C)
656cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
1,118 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 2 °CJF: 5 °CFM: 8 °CMA: 13 °CAM: 18 °CMJ: 23 °CJJ: 25 °CJA: 24 °CAS: 20 °CSO: 14 °CON: 7 °CND: 3 °CD25 °C

Heating degree-days here run 10% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 46/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #231 largest wind power plant of 1139 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 1139 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 104,477 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 34.7695, -102.0524 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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