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Wildcat Ranch Wind Project

Wind power plant in Texas, United States of America. Approximate location 33.5296, -102.9619.

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Wildcat Ranch Wind Project is a 150 MW wind power station in Texas, United States of America. It is operated by Wildcat Ranch Wind Project LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 662 GWh, it can supply roughly 189,085 homes. It ranks #1557 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2019, it is around 7 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).

150MW installed capacity
662GWh reported / yr
189,085homes powered
2019commissioned (~7 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0061674.

Reported generation trend

2018: 66 GWh20182019: 662 GWh2019662 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Wildcat Ranch Wind Project 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 33.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

14.5°Cannual mean temp
1,948heating degree-days (base 18°C)
676cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
1,162 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 3 °CJF: 6 °CFM: 10 °CMA: 14 °CAM: 19 °CMJ: 23 °CJJ: 25 °CJA: 24 °CAS: 21 °CSO: 15 °CON: 9 °CND: 4 °CD25 °C

Heating degree-days here run 21% 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: 42/100 — 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 #301 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 33.5296, -102.9619 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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