Wolf Ridge Wind

Wind power plant in Texas, United States of America. Approximate location 33.733, -97.4284.

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Wolf Ridge Wind is a 112 MW wind power station in Texas, United States of America. It is operated by NextEra Wolf Ridge LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 322 GWh, it can supply roughly 92,114 homes. It ranks #1798 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2008, it is around 18 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).

112MW installed capacity
322GWh reported / yr
92,114homes powered
2008commissioned (~18 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0058080.

Reported generation trend

2013: 405 GWh20132014: 421 GWh20142015: 375 GWh20152016: 374 GWh20162017: 346 GWh20172018: 321 GWh20182019: 322 GWh2019421 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by NextEra Wolf Ridge LLC.

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 33.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

17.4°Cannual mean temp
1,407heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,212cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
264 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 5 °CJF: 8 °CFM: 12 °CMA: 17 °CAM: 22 °CMJ: 26 °CJJ: 29 °CJA: 28 °CAS: 24 °CSO: 18 °CON: 12 °CND: 7 °CD29 °C

Heating degree-days here run 43% 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 #376 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 33.733, -97.4284 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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