Papalote Creek Wind Farm

Rising from the farmland of San Patricio County, Papalote Creek Wind Farm is E.ON’s first south Texas project as well as our first US project using Vestas wind turbines. Moving forward with the support of over 80 landowners, Papalote Creek provides enough clean wind power to supply about 54,000 American homes while avoiding more then 324,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions and saving a quarter of a billion gallons of fresh water every year compared with a conventional steam-driven fossil fuel plant.

Papalote Creek:

• Operational Date: Fall 2009
• Turbines: 109 Vestas V82 1.65 MW Turbines
• Nameplate Capacity: 179.85 MW
• Other land uses: Cotton and grain farming