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South Trent Wind Farm

Wind power plant in Texas, United States of America. Approximate location 32.4081, -100.1286.

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South Trent Wind Farm is a 101 MW wind power station in Texas, United States of America. It is operated by NRG Energy Inc. Based on reported annual generation of 294 GWh, it can supply roughly 84,057 homes. It ranks #1918 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2009, it is around 17 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).

101MW installed capacity
294GWh reported / yr
84,057homes powered
2009commissioned (~17 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0056649.

Reported generation trend

2013: 333 GWh20132014: 347 GWh20142015: 300 GWh20152016: 338 GWh20162017: 322 GWh20172018: 315 GWh20182019: 294 GWh2019347 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by NRG Energy Inc.

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 32.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

17.1°Cannual mean temp
1,363heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,055cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
719 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 6 °CJF: 8 °CFM: 13 °CMA: 17 °CAM: 22 °CMJ: 25 °CJJ: 27 °CJA: 27 °CAS: 23 °CSO: 18 °CON: 11 °CND: 7 °CD27 °C

Heating degree-days here run 45% 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: 31/100 — 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 #420 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 32.4081, -100.1286 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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