Bearkat

Wind power plant in Texas, United States of America. Approximate location 31.7272, -101.582.

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Bearkat is a 197 MW wind power station in Texas, United States of America. It is operated by Bearkat Wind Energy 1 LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 754 GWh, it can supply roughly 215,371 homes. It ranks #1310 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2018, it is around 8 years old — recently built. 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).

197MW installed capacity
754GWh reported / yr
215,371homes powered
2018commissioned (~8 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0059972.

Reported generation trend

2018: 728 GWh20182019: 754 GWh2019754 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Bearkat Wind Energy 1 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 31.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

17.1°Cannual mean temp
1,379heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,073cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
810 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 6 °CJF: 9 °CFM: 13 °CMA: 17 °CAM: 22 °CMJ: 26 °CJJ: 27 °CJA: 27 °CAS: 23 °CSO: 18 °CON: 11 °CND: 7 °CD27 °C

Heating degree-days here run 44% 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: 32/100 — this site sits in the bottom 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 #195 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 31.7272, -101.582 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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