Broken Bow Wind II, LLC
Custer County, Nebraska · EIA plant ID 58981 · Operator: RWE Clean Energy
Nameplate73MWSummer 73 MW
Generators1in service
Net generation240GWh12 mo to Dec 2025
Capacity factor37%wind units, summer MW
Heat rate—thermal plants only
First online2014
Monthly net generation
EIA-923, all units at the plant. Net of station use; storage can go negative.
FinalPreliminary
Capacity factor by year
Net MWh ÷ (summer MW × hours), wind units. Each year uses that year's EIA-860 ratings; the hollow dot is the latest 12 months.
Heat rate by year
Electric fuel MMBtu × 1000 ÷ net MWh (Btu/kWh, HHV), fossil units only; CT + CA counted as one combined-cycle block.
Heat rate applies to fuel-burning (thermal) units only.
Annual data table
| Year | Net GWh | Capacity factor | Heat rate (Btu/kWh) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 97.9 | 60.6% | — |
| 2015 | 326.4 | 51.0% | — |
| 2016 | 333 | 51.9% | — |
| 2017 | 306.2 | 47.8% | — |
| 2018 | 301.7 | 47.1% | — |
| 2019 | 293.4 | 45.8% | — |
| 2020 | 328.7 | 51.2% | — |
| 2021 | 290.5 | 45.4% | — |
| 2022 | 312.5 | 48.8% | — |
| 2023 | 270.1 | 42.2% | — |
| 2024 | 253.6 | 39.5% | — |
| 2025 | 239.6 | 37.4% | — |
Generators
EIA-860 (annual) with EIA-860M updates through Sep 2026. EIA-923 reports generation by plant, prime mover and fuel, not by unit, so unit-level output isn't shown.
| Gen ID | Technology | Prime mover | Nameplate MW | Summer MW | Online | Status | Planned retirement | OEM / model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBII | Onshore Wind Turbine | WT | 73.1 | 73.1 | Oct 2014 | Operating | — | ge 1.7-100 |
Owner / operator
Operator: RWE Clean Energy. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
| RWE Clean Energy | 100.0% | 73 MW |
Nearby plants
Within 80 km.
| Ansley | 2 MW | 6.5 km |
| Broken Bow Wind LLC | 80 MW | 25.1 km |
| Broken Bow | 9 MW | 27.8 km |
| Sargent | 2 MW | 35.5 km |
| Ord | 12 MW | 45.4 km |
| Burwell | 4 MW | 53.1 km |