Cottonwood Bayou Solar

TestingSolarGEM: operating

Ranked #47 of 379 Solar plants in TX#100 of 7790 nationally

350 MW Solar testing in Brazoria, TX — Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.

EIAGEM

350 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Solar Photovoltaic

Technology

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Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

29.2631, -95.2580

County

Brazoria, TX

Nearby Plants

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Ownership & Operator

Owner data does not fully agree across sources.

EIA typically reports the operating utility, while GEM resolves to the financial owner or parent corporation. Both can be correct.

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	Cottonwood Bayou Solar, LLC	TotalEnergies SE; Apollo Global Management Inc	—
Owner(s)	Cottonwood Bayou Solar, LLC	TotalEnergies	—
Status	Testing	operating	—

Ownership Chain

DeveloperTotalEnergiesreNEWS.BIZ · 2023-12-19

About

Cottonwood Bayou Solar is a 350 MW solar photovoltaic power plant located in Brazoria County, Texas. The plant, identified by plant ID 66915, utilizes fixed-tilt solar tracking technology. It is owned by TotalEnergies, a company based in France, and operated by Cottonwood Bayou Solar, LLC. The plant is the 32nd largest solar facility in Texas out of 192, and ranks 55th nationally out of 639 solar plants.

The facility connects to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT) balancing authority, within the TRE NERC region. Cottonwood Bayou Solar has one generator. Its primary fuel source is the sun.

Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources

EIA Plant Profile Global Energy Monitor

Engineering & Generators

Grid Context

ISO/RTO

ERCOT

Market

ISO/RTO Member

NERC Region

TRE — Texas Reliability Entity

Balancing Authority

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