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EIA plant 56649

Sweetwater · Nolan · TX

South Trent Wind Farm

Operated by NRG Energy Inc

Annual generation252,492 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesWNDCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextElectric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.Balancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is South Trent Wind Farm?

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32.408100, -100.128600

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyOnshore Wind Turbine101.2 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

119,777
228,414
322,493
428,317
521,834
624,871
718,965
816,253
912,337
1018,377
1119,885
1220,969

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
119,777
228,414
322,493
428,317
521,834
624,871
718,965
816,253
912,337
1018,377
1119,885
1220,969

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
119,777 MWh
228,414 MWh
322,493 MWh
428,317 MWh
521,834 MWh
624,871 MWh
718,965 MWh
816,253 MWh
912,337 MWh
1018,377 MWh
1119,885 MWh
1220,969 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
1Onshore Wind TurbineWND101.2OP

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EIA plant ID
56649
Sector
IPP Non-CHP
Water source
Unavailable
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 2 has the highest recorded value (28,414 MWh) and 9 the lowest (12,337 MWh). Their difference is 16,077 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
1Onshore Wind Turbine101.2101.2101.21.0

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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