Solar development recordsFIPS 48481Not a lease-rate estimate
Solar development data in Wharton County, Texas
Public county project and grid context. This is not a lease-rate estimate, property listing, indication of parcel suitability, or evidence that an organization wants to lease a particular property.
Interconnection queue requests
Queue activity
Source: LBNL Queued Up interconnection queue dataset. Queue requests are proposals seeking interconnection; they are not planned or operating facility counts.
Active queue requests
21
Tracked requests currently marked active
Active requested capacity
4,694 MW
Requested capacity attributed to this county
2019-2025 complete years
| Year | Tracked requests |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 7 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2025 | 2 |
Facility facts
Planned and operating facilities
Planned facilities
5
1,610 MW · EIA-860 final annual generator inventory
Operating facilities
4
1,090 MW · EIA-860 final annual generator inventory
Queue request status is not used as a substitute for facility construction or operating status.
Independent operating inventory
Large-scale solar facilities
4
U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database (USPVDB)
Observed capacity
1,090 MW
Source release 2026-04-14
Mapped site area
7,249 acres
Converted from source-reported square meters
Latest operation year
2024
Latest source record represented in this county
This inventory is shown separately from EIA generators and LBNL queue requests to avoid double-counting records across datasets.
Retirement facts
Facility retirements
The EIA-860 final annual generator inventory lists no retired solar facilities in Wharton County.
Public record attribution
Organizations named in queue requests
| Organization | Queue requests | Capacity | Latest request year |
|---|---|---|---|
| GulfStar Power, LLC | 3 | 451.6 MW | 2024 |
| Brush Solar LLC | 2 | 509.9 MW | 2021 |
| Red Tailed Hawk Solar LLC | 2 | 363.3 MW | 2019 |
| Acciona Energy USA Global LLC | 1 | 300 MW | 2024 |
| Apollo Solar Ranch, LLC | 1 | 366 MW | 2019 |
| Bernard Creek Solar, LLC | 1 | 233.5 MW | 2019 |
| Brush Storage, LLC | 1 | 150.8 MW | 2019 |
| CH Neal Battery LLC | 1 | 120.5 MW | 2025 |
| CH Neal Solar LLC | 1 | 146.6 MW | 2025 |
| Danish Fields Solar, LLC | 1 | 602.8 MW | 2018 |
| EDF Renewables Development, Inc. | 1 | 609.7 MW | 2020 |
| Erin Solar LLC | 1 | 202.5 MW | 2020 |
A name in an interconnection queue request does not mean the organization is seeking land in this county or has an interest in a particular parcel.
Infrastructure context
Grid infrastructure context
Source: HIFLD electric power transmission lines.
Transmission in county
335 miles
Highest recorded voltage
345 kV
Nearest line to county center
6.7 km
County infrastructure does not establish available grid capacity. A specific project requires parcel-level engineering and an interconnection study.