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Ocotillo Express LLC

Wind power plant in Baja California, United States of America. Approximate location 32.7528, -116.0447.

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Ocotillo Express LLC is a 265 MW wind power station in Baja California, United States of America. It is operated by Pattern Operators LP. Based on reported annual generation of 593 GWh, it can supply roughly 169,457 homes. It ranks #1043 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2013, it is around 13 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).

265MW installed capacity
593GWh reported / yr
169,457homes powered
2013commissioned (~13 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0057514.

Reported generation trend

2013: 334 GWh20132014: 567 GWh20142015: 538 GWh20152016: 531 GWh20162017: 542 GWh20172018: 576 GWh20182019: 593 GWh2019593 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Pattern Operators LP. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 32.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

22.4°Cannual mean temp
368heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,972cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
103 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 14 °CJF: 16 °CFM: 17 °CMA: 20 °CAM: 24 °CMJ: 29 °CJJ: 32 °CJA: 32 °CAS: 29 °CSO: 24 °CON: 18 °CND: 14 °CD32 °C

Heating degree-days here run 85% 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: 19/100 — 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 #56 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 32.7528, -116.0447 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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