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Upton County Solar — Power plant · Solar · RWE Americas, LLCUpton BESS 2 — Postponed · Storage · TX · 150 MW · 0.8 mi awayCrane 2 BESS 2 — Postponed · Storage · TX · 150 MW · 1.2 mi awayMendoza Trail BESS — Under construction · Storage · TX · 200 MW · 3.7 mi awayMorada del Sol, LLC — Postponed · Solar · TX · 247 MW · 6.7 mi awayKing Mountain Solar — Under construction · Solar · TX · 175 MW · 9.9 mi away
  • Wind & solar
  • Storage
  • Under construction
  • Operating
  • 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW

Upton County Solar

Power plant · Solar

Key facts

Power plant · Solarran 23% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
2017
Net generation, 2025
299,145 MWh
Grid
138 kV to Lower Colorado River Authority (ERCO)
Location
Upton County, Texas
Operated by
RWE Americas, LLCSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2017 to 2026

Operations detail

Details

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Technology
Solar source: “Solar Photovoltaic”
Age
9 years since 2017
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
AttributeValue
Gem
Unit ids
G100000804951
Location id
L100000804302
Eia plant ids
60581
Grid
Nerc region
TRE
Report year
2025
Grid voltage kv
138
Transmission owner
Lower Colorado River Authority
Balancing authority code
ERCO
Balancing authority name
Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 20251,020,683
Capacity factor, 20250.228
Net generation (MWh), 2025299,145
Balancing authority codeERCO

Solar arrays

Array area (acres)
1,181.4
AC capacity (MW)
157.5
DC capacity (MW)
213
Mounting
Single-axis tracking
Site type
Greenfield
Began operating
2017

Source USPVDB

Source

  • USPVDBOpen license · retrieved Oct 25, 2026Map services and data are available from Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory via https://energy.usgs.gov/uspvdb

Attribution

Timeline

  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

5 sources

Sources EIA-860M · GEM · USPVDB · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Sources

  • EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026
  • GEMOpen license, with credit · retrieved Oct 26, 2026Global Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  • USPVDBOpen license · retrieved Oct 25, 2026Map services and data are available from Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory via https://energy.usgs.gov/uspvdb
  • EIAOpen license · retrieved Nov 1, 2026Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
  • EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 15 mi
ProjectKindAwayMW
Upton BESS 2 Postponed Storage 0.8 mi 150
Crane 2 BESS 2 Postponed Storage 1.2 mi 150
Mendoza Trail BESS Under construction Storage 3.7 mi 200
Morada del Sol, LLC Postponed Solar 6.7 mi 247
King Mountain Solar Under construction Solar 9.9 mi 175

Sources EIA-860M

Sources

  • EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026

Attribution