ANACACHO WIND FARM, LLC
OperatingWind power plant
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- County
- Kinney County
- Operator
- E ON CLIMATE RENEWABLES N AMERICA LLC
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 2012
- EIA plant ID
- 58000
- Generators
- 1
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Net generation (2024)
- 316 GWh
- Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
- 36%
- Data vintage
- EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
- Coordinates
- 29.2028, -100.1743
ANACACHO WIND FARM, LLC, a 100 MW Wind power plant in Kinney County, Texas. Operated by E ON CLIMATE RENEWABLES N AMERICA LLC, commissioned 2012.
How ANACACHO WIND FARM, LLC compares
With 100 MW of capacity, ANACACHO WIND FARM, LLC ranks 182nd among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and 55th of the 94 operating Wind plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.8% of Texas's operating Wind capacity and under 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 259th-largest of the 708 operating Wind plants in the database. Commissioned in 2012, it is newer than 88% of the 303 operating Texas plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, E ON CLIMATE RENEWABLES N AMERICA LLC, runs 13 operating plants in Texas totaling 2,136 MW.
EIA-860 lists 1 generator at the site with 100 MW of nameplate capacity, all onshore wind turbine technology. Net generation was 316 GWh in 2024 (a 36% capacity factor), down 5% from 2022.
Grid neighborhood
The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by AEP TEXAS CENTRAL COMPANY, under 0.1 miles away.
Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records and EIA-860/923 survey data; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology
Weather peril exposure
ANACACHO WIND FARM, LLC is a 100 MW wind power plant in Kinney County, TX, operated by E ON CLIMATE RENEWABLES N AMERICA LLC, commissioned in 2012. Kinney County carries elevated modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 2.8 of 5 at the 46th national percentile. Lightning is the leading peril, rated Very Low by FEMA at the 77th percentile.
The Bywatts loss layer is calibrated to solar PV hardware, so it is not applied to a wind plant. The ratings below are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings for this location.
Kinney County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning | Very Low | 77th | 4.1 of 5 | 40.4 |
| Hurricane | Very Low | 61st | 3.5 of 5 | 0.03 |
| Hail | Relatively Low | 59th | 3.3 of 5 | 1.1 |
| Wildfire | Very Low | 55th | 3.2 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Winter weather | Very Low | 53rd | 3.1 of 5 | 1.7 |
| Riverine flooding | Very Low | 51st | 3.1 of 5 | 1.7 |
| Strong wind | Very Low | 41st | 2.6 of 5 | 0.28 |
| Heat wave | Very Low | 32nd | 2.3 of 5 | 5.7 |
| Tornado | Very Low | 22nd | 1.9 of 5 | 0.15 |
| Earthquake | Very Low | 6th | 1.2 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Ice storm | Very Low | 1st | 1.0 of 5 | 0.01 |
Perils not assessed in Kinney County
These perils carry no usable National Risk Index figure for this county, so they are excluded from the scoring rather than scored zero. A zero would claim the peril was assessed and found benign.
| Peril | Why it is not scored |
|---|---|
| Coastal flooding | FEMA rating is "Not Applicable" for this county |
Model hail, wind and flood exposure for Kinney County in the weather risk calculator
Ratings are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings; the peril score is a Bywatts transform of the FEMA national percentile. Full data sources and the solar vulnerability methodology are in the weather risk calculator.
Modeled estimate for screening and negotiation. Built from FEMA National Risk Index county hazard data and a solar vulnerability layer documented above. Not a quote, a binder, or actuarial advice, and not a substitute for a carrier's own model. Hazard data: FEMA National Risk Index December 2025, synced 2026-07-24. Resolution is county level, not site level.