Live Oak Wind Project

🌬 WindIPP Non-CHP199 MW capacity

311th largest plant in Texas · 1581st nationally

Live Oak Wind Project is a wind power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 200 MW. It generates roughly 759.9k MWh per year — enough to power about 72,367 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 43% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%43%
Mid-merit — steady but not full-time
Capacity200 MWnameplate
Annual Generation759.9k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor43%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂—metric tons

Location

Plant NameLive Oak Wind Project
OperatorEngie North America
CityEldorado
CountySchleicher County
StateTexas
ZIP76936
Coordinates31.04856, -100.62311

This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.

WindSolar

Generators (1)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
WTGSOnshore Wind TurbineWind200 MWOperating2019

Ownership

OwnerLocationShare
Live Oak Wind Project, LlcHouston, TX10000.0%

Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.

Grid context

NERC RegionTRE
Balancing AuthorityElectric Reliability Council Of Texas, Inc.

About Wind plants

Wind farms harvest kinetic energy from moving air using large rotor blades coupled to generators. Like solar, they produce zero emissions but vary with weather. Onshore wind capacity factors typically run 30–45%; offshore can exceed 50%.

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