Capricorn Ridge Wind Energy Center

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Capricorn Ridge Wind Energy Center is an operating wind farm in Sterling City, Sterling County, Texas, United States.

Project Details

Table 1: Phase-level project details for Capricorn Ridge Wind Energy Center


Phase name	Status	Commissioning year	Retired year	Nameplate capacity	Type	Owner	Operator
1A	Retired^[1]	2007^[2]	2017^[1]	214 MW^[3]	Onshore^[3]	NextEra Energy Inc [100%]^[4]	NextEra Energy^[4]
1B	Retired^[1]	2007^[2]	2017^[1]	150 MW^[3]	Onshore^[3]	NextEra Energy Inc [100%]^[4]	NextEra Energy^[4]
2A	Retired^[1]	2008^[2]	2017^[1]	186 MW^[3]	Onshore^[3]	NextEra Energy Inc [100%]^[4]	NextEra Energy^[4]
2B	Retired^[1]	2008^[2]	2017^[1]	112 MW^[3]	Onshore^[3]	NextEra Energy Inc [100%]^[4]	NextEra Energy^[4]
RP1	Operating^[1]	2017^[1]	–	362 MW^[1]	Onshore^[3]	NextEra Energy Inc [100%]^[5]	–
RP2	Operating^[1]	2017^[1]	–	298 MW^[1]	Onshore^[3]	NextEra Energy Inc [100%]^[5]	–

Location

Table 2: Phase-level location details for Capricorn Ridge Wind Energy Center


Phase Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
1A	Sterling City, Sterling County, Texas, United States^[3]	31.8627, -100.9270 (exact)^[3]
1B	Sterling City, Sterling County, Texas, United States^[3]	31.8627, -100.9270 (exact)^[3]
2A	Sterling County, Texas, United States^[3]	31.9281, -100.9640 (exact)^[3]
2B	Sterling County, Texas, United States^[3]	31.9281, -100.9640 (exact)^[3]
RP1	Texas, United States^[3]	31.8627, -100.9270 (exact)^[3]
RP2	Texas, United States^[3]	31.9281, -100.9640 (exact)^[3]

The map below shows the exact locations of the wind farm phases:

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Articles and Resources

Additional data

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