Five Wells Solar Center - Hybrid
Five Wells Solar Center - Hybrid is a solar plant in Bell County, Texas, operated by Five Wells Solar Center, LLC. Among the 7,112 solar plants in the country it is the third-largest. It is the biggest of Texas’s 225 solar plants. Of its current capacity, 618 MW came online between 2023 and 2025.
Nameplate capacity, 2025
618 MW
579 MW net summer capacity
2 operable units
- Solar photovoltaic355 MW58%
- Battery262 MW42%
Unit by unit, 2023 to 2025
operating in 2025bar height follows unit size
Unit FWSOL Solar photovoltaic, 355 MW, 2023
Unit FWBAT Battery, 262 MW, 2024
Among Texas’s plants
Largest plants in the state by nameplate capacity, with the plants ranked next to this one.
- 1W A Parish4,008 MW
- 2South Texas Project2,709 MW
- 3Comanche Peak2,430 MW
- 66Coleto Creek622 MW
- 67Bastrop Energy Center619 MW
- 68Five Wells Solar Center - Hybridthis plant
- 69Lost Pines 1 Power Project609 MW
- 70Topaz Generating605 MW
Other rankings
- All US power plants
- 583rd of 14,286
- Power plants in Texas
- 68th of 1,023
- Plants in the ERCOT (Texas) balancing area
- 57th of 935
- Biggest single unit, among Texas’s plants
- 51st of 1,023
Operable units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FWSOL | Solar photovoltaic | 355 MW | 320 MW | 2023 | Operating |
| FWBAT | Battery | 262 MW | 259 MW | 2024 | Operating |
Grid and site
- Balancing area
- ERCOT (Texas)
- Reliability region
- Texas Reliability Entity
- Highest grid connection voltage
- 345 kV
- Nearest town on record
- Rogers
- Operator type
- Independent producer
- Coordinates
- 30.999°N, 97.259°W
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|---|---|---|---|
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