Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center

Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center
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CountryUnited States
LocationTexas
Coordinates32°11′24″N 100°01′48″W / 32.19000°N 100.03000°W / 32.19000; -100.03000
StatusOperational
Commission date2005
OwnerInvestEnergyGroup
Wind farm
TypeOnshore
Power generation
Units operational421
Make and modelGE Wind Energy: GE 1.5 MW
Siemens: Siemens 2.3 MW
Nameplate capacity735.5 MW
Capacity factor29.8% (average 2007–2018)
Annual net output1,919 GW⋅h (6,910 TJ)

Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center is a large wind farm with 735.5 megawatts (MW) of capacity. It consists of 291 GE 1.5-megawatt wind turbines and 139 Siemens 2.3-megawatt wind turbines spread over nearly 47,000 acres (19,000 ha) of land in Taylor and Nolan County, Texas. At the time of its completion in 2006, it was the largest wind farm in the world.[1]

  1. ^ FPL Energy, LLC (2007-09-07). "Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center now largest wind farm in the world". FPL Energy, LLC. Retrieved 2007-06-14.