Llano Estacado Wind Ranch — United States of America

Llano Estacado Wind Ranch is a 80 MW wind power plant in Texas, United States of America. It is operated by Llano Estacado Wind Ranch. Based on reported annual generation of 118 GWh, it can supply roughly 34k homes. It ranks #3067 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2002, it is around 24 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).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0055579.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000906876; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 80 MW, Llano Estacado Wind Ranch is well above the median wind plant in United States of America (67.7 MW). Wind turbines convert moving air into electricity; output is variable and site-dependent, and modern turbines deliver some of the lowest-cost new generation on many grids.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Key facts

Load factor

17%, from 118 GWh of reported generation; the median for 1120 wind plants in United States of America that report generation is 30%

Generation trend

264 GWh in 2013 and 118 GWh in 2019 (−55%)

Highest and lowest year

2013: 264 GWh; 2018: 114 GWh

Share of United States of America wind capacity

less than 0.1% of 104,873 MW across 1,139 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

92 of 1,139 dated wind plants in United States of America are older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Reported generation trend

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

Owner

Operated by Llano Estacado Wind Ranch.

Climate zone & how it works

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 35.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #523 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 104,873 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC · Wind · 218 MW · Texas
• Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC · Wind · 181.7 MW · Texas
• Pampa Energy Center · Gas · 400 MW · Texas
• Colbeck's Corner LLC · Wind · 200 MW · Texas
• Black Hawk Station · Gas · 243.9 MW · Texas
• Grandview Wind Farm LLC · Wind · 211.2 MW · Texas

Location

Coordinates 35.4778, -101.236 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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