Active projects
17
Tracked projects currently marked active
Ector County, TX · FIPS 48135
Solar lease rates in Ector County.
A source-backed county record combining reported rates, agricultural context, and tracked development activity. Missing values remain missing rather than becoming estimates.
Public, but still developing. This record clears our publication threshold but not the threshold for search indexing. It remains available for direct research and improves as new observations arrive.
Reported observations
What sources report locally
No verified local lease rate yet
We have not found a publishable solar rate for this county. The development and agricultural figures below provide context, not a substitute estimate.
Development context
What the local project queue shows
Active capacity
3,469 MW
Capacity allocated to this county
Nearest active project
Not available km
Measured from the county centroid
Development momentum
91/100
Relative activity indicator—not an offer forecast
Five-year queue activity
| Year | Tracked queue requests |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| 2025 | 9 |
| 2026 | 0 |
Potential lessees
Who is already developing here
| Company | Projects | Capacity | Most recent request |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gypsum Plains Solar, LLC | 4 | 916.8 MW | 2025 |
| Rockhound Solar 2, LLC dba "Greyhound Solar" | 3 | 587.8 MW | 2025 |
| M-Bar Energy I, LLC | 2 | 112.3 MW | 2024 |
| 174 Power Global Properties, LLC | 1 | 208.9 MW | 2019 |
| Greyhound BESS 2 LLC | 1 | 261.1 MW | 2025 |
| Greyhound BESS 3 LLC | 1 | 261.3 MW | 2025 |
| Greyhound Solar 2 | 1 | 251.7 MW | 2019 |
| Greyhound Solar 3 LLC | 1 | 251.7 MW | 2025 |
| OBERON SOLAR IA LLC | 1 | 180 MW | 2017 |
| Oberon Solar III, LLC | 1 | 205.5 MW | 2024 |
| Oberon Solar LLC | 1 | 301.6 MW | 2019 |
| Ophelia Solar | 1 | 110.5 MW | 2022 |
These are the parties named on interconnection requests, which are often single-project entities rather than the parent company behind them.
Opportunity cost
Agricultural cash-rent baseline
County cash rent is unavailable
USDA may suppress county values when publishing them could disclose an individual operation.
Agricultural cash rent answers “compared with what?” It is a baseline for current land use, not a prediction of a private lease offer.
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Source record
Where this page’s data comes from
- Queued Up: U.S. interconnection queue datasetLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and GridTracker · 0 observations · 44 projectsInterconnection queue data from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and GridTracker, licensed CC BY 4.0.
- USDA NASS Quick Stats county cash rentsUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Service · 3 observations · 0 projectsSource: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Quick Stats.