GOAT WIND LP

How GOAT WIND LP compares

With 150 MW of capacity, GOAT WIND LP ranks 159th among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and 38th of the 94 operating Wind plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.3% of Texas's operating Wind capacity and 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 144th-largest of the 708 operating Wind plants in the database. Commissioned in 2008, it is newer than 68% of the 303 operating Texas plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, EDISON MISSION ENERGY, runs 3 operating plants in Texas totaling 461 MW. It shares Sterling County with 2 other operating plants, CAPRICORN RIDGE WIND LLC and EC&R PANTHER CREEK WIND FARM III.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 150 MW of nameplate capacity, all onshore wind turbine technology. Net generation was 223 GWh in 2024 (a 17% capacity factor), down 5% from 2022. Its generators came online between 2008 and 2009.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is DOWNTOWN, about 22.4 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line owned by CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC, about 0.3 miles away. Another 6 operating power plants totaling 4,844 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is W A PARISH (4,008 MW, Coal). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is Databank Houston Galleria (HOU5) in Houston, about 17.9 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology