ERCOT monthly status report shows growing wind sector

July 12, 2013 Wayne Barber Generation

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) said in its June monthly status report that is now has 10,570 MW of installed wind capacity as reported by the resource owners.

ERCOT expects to have 11,732 MW of installed wind capacity in the region by the end of 2013. Total installed wind capacity in ERCOT is expected to hit 15,232 MW by the end of 2016, according to the status report.

ERCOT posted the report on its website July 11.

The wind data is based upon the latest registration information provided by resource owners and is subject to change, ERCOT said

ERCOT recently signed an interconnection agreement for the 499-MW Hereford wind project in Castro County. GenerationHub data indicates that the Higher Power Energy project is scheduled for deployment in 2014.

New generation recently registered for commercial operations includes the 10-MW Bryan Solar in Presidio County as well as NRG Energy’s 75-MW natural gas peaker expansion at the W.A. Parish station. The gas unit is now operational and ready for dispatch, according to NRG.

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Wayne Barber, Chief Analyst for the GenerationHub, has been covering power generation, energy and natural resources issues at national publications for more than 20 years. Prior to joining PennWell he was editor of Generation Markets Week at SNL Financial for nine years. He has also worked as a business journalist at both McGraw-Hill and Financial Times Energy. Wayne also worked as a newspaper reporter for several years. During his career has visited nuclear reactors and coal mines as well as coal and natural gas power plants. Wayne can be reached at wayneb@pennwell.com.