How big is Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC?

Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC has a reported capacity of 242 MW and an energy capacity of 368 MWh. Source: EIA Form 860.

What kind of plant is Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC?

Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC is a Solar Photovoltaic, Batteries facility in Kern County, CA, participating in the CAISO market.

Where is Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC located?

Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC is in Kern County, CA, inside the CAISO balancing area.

Who operates Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC?

Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC is operated by RWE Clean Energy according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.

How much electricity does Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC generate?

Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC reported 415.8 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-06. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

How does Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC compare to other plants?

By capacity, Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC ranks #266 of 7,234 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #49 of 939 in CA.

Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC — 242 MW solar farm, CA

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Overview

Generation / storage: 242 MW total / 368 MWh storage
Reported plant capacity and configuration.
Technology: Solar + battery storage
Primary generation technology.
Registry anchor: Plant 67039
RWE Clean Energy · Kern County · CAISO
Storage duration: 4 hours
Battery subsystem rating.
Operating status: Operating
Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC is operating.

Profile

Grid role: Transmission-connected solar-plus-storage hybrid resource; the battery contract specifies daily availability during the 5:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. period, supporting evening-peak dispatch.
Physical build: Operational Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC is a transmission-connected hybrid facility in Kern County comprising a 150 MW solar photovoltaic generator and a 92 MW / 368 MWh lithium-ion battery energy-storage generator. The plant has two operational generating units. The PV system uses single-axis tracking and crystalline-silicon technology; the BESS is DC-coupled.
Financing: No project-level construction debt, tax-equity financing, financing amount, or named financing parties were disclosed.

Structured profile

Reported capacity: 242 MW
Solar Photovoltaic, Batteries
Energy: 368 MWh
4-hour storage duration
Operating status: operating
Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC is operating.
Location: Kern County
CAISO
Operator: RWE Clean Energy

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Units and generators

Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
NO1	150 MW 150 MW summer	Solar Photovoltaic Solar · PV	Jul 2025	Operating
NOBAT	92 MW 92 MW summer	Batteries Electricity used for energy storage · BA	Jul 2025	Operating

Performance

Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.

Peer context

Technology capacity: 150 MW; Solar Photovoltaic
National rank: #266; of 7,234 operating peers
CA rank: #49; of 939 operating peers

Monthly generation

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Latest 12 months

415.8 GWh

Reported net generation

Latest report

Jun 2026

EIA-923 monthly filing

Grid and market context

Deterministic links to ERCOT market resources, price records, outage disclosures, queue records, and nearby infrastructure. Candidate joins remain labeled until corroborated.

Nearby substations

HIFLD infrastructure inventory

COPUS

IN SERVICE · 66 kV

3.0 km

TAP305445

Commercial, land, and environmental record

Source-backed project transactions, agreements, land records, permits, and environmental disclosures. Portfolio and adjacent-project facts remain explicitly scoped.

Financing

ITC Designation And Commissioning

Nov 2024

RWE's FY2024 capacity data identifies Northern Orchard Solar (150 MWac) as commissioned in November 2024 and classifies it as REC/ITC. The co-located Northern Orchard BESS (92 MW) was commissioned in December 2024 and separately classified as PPA/ITC. No ITC dollar amount or separate financing details disclosed.

150 MW contractedNorthern Orchard Solar PV, LLC · RWE AG

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Land and environmental record

Interconnection Land Footprint

Jun 30, 2022

Approximately 5 acres for the Bitterwater Switching Station

PG&E's approved notice of construction states that the new 230 kV Bitterwater Switching Station would occupy approximately five acres, be located within the Northern Orchard solar project boundaries, and sit approximately 3.57 miles northeast of the intersection of Gardner Field Road and South Lake Road. This is the switching-station footprint, not the total solar-and-storage site acreage.

Pacific Gas & Electric Company ELC (Corp ID 39) Status of Advice Letter 6634E Disposition: Accepted Effective Date: 07-30-2022

Related parties and identifiers

Parties, market resources, and identifiers tied to this asset, with owner, operator, developer, EPC, compliance provider, and interconnecting entity roles kept separate.

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Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

Dec 18, 2024
Dec 18, 2024
Solar Commissioning AnnouncedRWE reaches...
RWE identified Northern Orchard as a recently commissioned 150 MWac solar project contributing to its U.S. 10 GW clean-generation milestone. RWE stated that the co-located 92 MW/368 MWh battery would be commissioned in the following months.
Jul 2025

Reporting portfolio

EIA reporting entity

RWE Clean Energy

Entity 67192

Operating portfolio

151 plants

25 states

Reported capacity

12,717.5 MW

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Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.

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Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC