Salt Fork Wind Project, Llc

🌬 WindIPP Non-CHP174 MW capacity

340th largest plant in Texas · 1719th nationally

Salt Fork Wind Project, Llc is a wind power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 174 MW. It generates roughly 691.3k MWh per year — enough to power about 65,842 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 45% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%45%
Mid-merit — steady but not full-time
Capacity174 MWnameplate
Annual Generation691.3k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor45%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂—metric tons

Location

Plant NameSalt Fork Wind Project, Llc
OperatorSouthern Power Co
CityClarendon
CountyDonley County
StateTexas
ZIP79226
Coordinates35.18172, -100.93441

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

Wind

Generators (1)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
GEN1Onshore Wind TurbineWind174 MWOperating2016

Ownership

OwnerLocationShare
Saltfork Wind, LlcAtlanta, GA10000.0%

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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