# Sandrini Solar 200

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Sandrini Solar 200 is a solar power facility with 200 MW of EIA-reported operating capacity in Kern County, California, registered as EIA Plant ID 65663. EDPR CA Solar Park LLC owns and operates the plant. Project filings list 511,313 solar panels and 60 inverters for the facility.

## Key facts

- Technology: Solar Photovoltaic
- Power capacity: 200 MW
- Operating status: operating

## Grid and market context

- ISO/RTO: CAISO
- Balancing authority: CISO (CAISO)
- Substation: PG&E Wheeler Ridge Substation
- Point of interconnection: PG&E Wheeler Ridge Substation
- Transmission owner: Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)
- Interconnection voltage: 230 kV

## Source-backed facts

- Owner logo domain: edpr.com — EDP Renewables North America Unveils Sandrini I & II Solar Energy Park in Southern California for Redwood Coast Energy Authority and Shell Energy North America · confidence: medium
- Identifiers: [{"value":"65663","system":"EIA plant ID"},{"value":"GEN01","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"CAISO","system":"ISO/RTO"},{"value":"CISO","system":"Balancing authority"},{"value":"Q1397","system":"CAISO queue ID"},{"value":"SANDRN_2_SS1SR1","system":"CAISO resource ID"},{"value":"2021040761","system":"California CEQA SCH number"}] — NRI · confidence: medium
- Identifiers: [{"value":"65663","system":"EIA plant ID"},{"value":"GEN01","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"CAISO","system":"ISO/RTO"},{"value":"CISO","system":"Balancing authority"},{"value":"Q1397","system":"CAISO queue ID"},{"value":"SANDRN_2_SS1SR1","system":"CAISO resource ID"},{"value":"2021040761","system":"California CEQA SCH number"}] — Source · confidence: medium
- Identifiers: [{"value":"65663","system":"EIA plant ID"},{"value":"GEN01","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"CAISO","system":"ISO/RTO"},{"value":"CISO","system":"Balancing authority"},{"value":"Q1397","system":"CAISO queue ID"},{"value":"SANDRN_2_SS1SR1","system":"CAISO resource ID"},{"value":"2021040761","system":"California CEQA SCH number"}] — Sandrini Solar Project by EDPR CA Solar Park, LLC · confidence: medium
- Owner name: EDPR CA Solar Park LLC — Sandrini Solar Project by EDPR CA Solar Park, LLC · confidence: medium
- Description: Sandrini Solar 200 is an operational 200 MW solar photovoltaic plant in Kern County, California, with one generating unit identified as GEN01. The unit began commercial operation on December 1, 2024, and the plant operates within the CISO balancing authority and CAISO market. It corresponds to the 200 MW Sandrini I phase of EDP Renewables’ two-phase Sandrini Solar Energy Park. — EDP Renewables North America Unveils Sandrini I & II Solar Energy Park in Southern California for Redwood Coast Energy Authority and Shell Energy North America · confidence: medium
- Parties: [{"relationship":"Owner / project proponent / operator","name":"EDPR CA Solar Park LLC","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Developer, parent owner and operator","name":"EDP Renewables North America LLC","official_url":"https://edp.com/en/north-america/na"},{"relationship":"Power purchaser under 15-year PPA","name":"Shell Energy North America","official_url":"https://www.shell.com"},{"relationship":"CEQA lead agency","name":"Kern County Planning and Natural Resources Department","official_url":"https://kernplanning.com"},{"relationship":"Engineering and permitting services","name":"Bowman","official_url":"https://bowman.com"}] — Sandrini Solar Project by EDPR CA Solar Park, LLC · confidence: medium
- Parties: [{"relationship":"Owner / project proponent / operator","name":"EDPR CA Solar Park LLC","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Developer, parent owner and operator","name":"EDP Renewables North America LLC","official_url":"https://edp.com/en/north-america/na"},{"relationship":"Power purchaser under 15-year PPA","name":"Shell Energy North America","official_url":"https://www.shell.com"},{"relationship":"CEQA lead agency","name":"Kern County Planning and Natural Resources Department","official_url":"https://kernplanning.com"},{"relationship":"Engineering and permitting services","name":"Bowman","official_url":"https://bowman.com"}] — EDP Renewables North America Unveils Sandrini I & II Solar Energy Park in Southern California for Redwood Coast Energy Authority and Shell Energy North America · confidence: medium
- Parties: [{"relationship":"Owner / project proponent / operator","name":"EDPR CA Solar Park LLC","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Developer, parent owner and operator","name":"EDP Renewables North America LLC","official_url":"https://edp.com/en/north-america/na"},{"relationship":"Power purchaser under 15-year PPA","name":"Shell Energy North America","official_url":"https://www.shell.com"},{"relationship":"CEQA lead agency","name":"Kern County Planning and Natural Resources Department","official_url":"https://kernplanning.com"},{"relationship":"Engineering and permitting services","name":"Bowman","official_url":"https://bowman.com"}] — Sandrini Solar - Bowman · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.4: {"value":"Q1397","system":"CAISO queue ID"} — NRI · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.5: {"value":"SANDRN_2_SS1SR1","system":"CAISO resource ID"} — Source · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.6: {"value":"2021040761","system":"California CEQA SCH number"} — Sandrini Solar Project by EDPR CA Solar Park, LLC · confidence: medium
- Parties.0: {"relationship":"Owner / project proponent / operator","name":"EDPR CA Solar Park LLC","official_url":null} — Sandrini Solar Project by EDPR CA Solar Park, LLC · confidence: medium
- Parties.1: {"relationship":"Developer, parent owner and operator","name":"EDP Renewables North America LLC","official_url":"https://edp.com/en/north-america/na"} — EDP Renewables North America Unveils Sandrini I & II Solar Energy Park in Southern California for Redwood Coast Energy Authority and Shell Energy North America · confidence: medium
- Parties.2: {"relationship":"Power purchaser under 15-year PPA","name":"Shell Energy North America","official_url":"https://www.shell.com"} — EDP Renewables North America Unveils Sandrini I & II Solar Energy Park in Southern California for Redwood Coast Energy Authority and Shell Energy North America · confidence: high
- Parties.3: {"relationship":"CEQA lead agency","name":"Kern County Planning and Natural Resources Department","official_url":"https://kernplanning.com"} — Sandrini Solar Project by EDPR CA Solar Park, LLC · confidence: high
- Parties.4: {"relationship":"Engineering and permitting services","name":"Bowman","official_url":"https://bowman.com"} — Sandrini Solar - Bowman · confidence: medium
- Site acres: 3469.87 — Source · confidence: medium
- Construction scope: Operational 200 MW solar photovoltaic plant in Kern County with one 200 MW generating unit. Sandrini I comprises 511,313 LONGi modules mounted on Nextracker NX Horizon trackers and 60 Power Electronics inverters. The broader approved Sandrini project scope included service roads, collection and communications systems, 70 kV and 230 kV transmission, switchyards, two collector substations, inverter stations, and O&M facilities; its battery-storage component was not specifically assigned to EIA plant 65663. — EDP Renewables announces another 300 MW of solar now operational in Kern County - pv magazine USA · confidence: medium
- Construction scope: Operational 200 MW solar photovoltaic plant in Kern County with one 200 MW generating unit. Sandrini I comprises 511,313 LONGi modules mounted on Nextracker NX Horizon trackers and 60 Power Electronics inverters. The broader approved Sandrini project scope included service roads, collection and communications systems, 70 kV and 230 kV transmission, switchyards, two collector substations, inverter stations, and O&M facilities; its battery-storage component was not specifically assigned to EIA plant 65663. — Sandrini Solar Project by EDPR CA Solar Park, LLC · confidence: medium
- Product url: https://www.nextpower.com/products/trackers/nx-horizon — NX Horizon · confidence: medium
- Description: Sandrini Solar 200 is an operational 200 MW solar-photovoltaic plant with one generating unit in Kern County, California, operated by EDPR CA Solar Park LLC. It corresponds to Sandrini I, the 200 MW phase of EDP Renewables North America's 300 MW Sandrini I & II park, and has a 15-year power purchase agreement with Shell Energy North America. The first unit entered service on December 1, 2024, and both solar phases were commissioned in the fourth quarter of 2024. In January 2025, Plenitude agreed to acquire a 49% equity stake in the portfolio from EDP Renewables North America; EDP announced completion of the asset-rotation sale in September 2025. — EDP Renewables North America Unveils Sandrini I & II Solar Energy Park in Southern California for Redwood Coast Energy Authority and Shell Energy North America · confidence: medium
- Description: Sandrini Solar 200 is an operational 200 MW solar-photovoltaic plant with one generating unit in Kern County, California, operated by EDPR CA Solar Park LLC. It corresponds to Sandrini I, the 200 MW phase of EDP Renewables North America's 300 MW Sandrini I & II park, and has a 15-year power purchase agreement with Shell Energy North America. The first unit entered service on December 1, 2024, and both solar phases were commissioned in the fourth quarter of 2024. In January 2025, Plenitude agreed to acquire a 49% equity stake in the portfolio from EDP Renewables North America; EDP announced completion of the asset-rotation sale in September 2025. — EDP closes asset rotation deal for a 300 MWac solar portfolio and 92 MW of storage in the US · confidence: medium
- Quality notes: ["The EIA-based plant record identifies one operational GEN01 solar-photovoltaic generator rated at 200 MW, with a first-unit date of December 1, 2024.","The 300 MW AC and up-to-100 MW storage figures in the CEQA record describe the broader Sandrini Solar Project, not an expansion of this exact 200 MW plant. — Sandrini Solar Project by EDPR CA Solar Park, LLC · confidence: medium
- Timeline.0: {"event":"Power purchase agreement","date":"2019-11-08","detail":"EDP Renewables and Shell Energy North America closed a 15-year PPA for 200 MW associated with the Sandrini Solar Park."} — EDP Renewables and Shell Sign PPA on 200 MW Solar... · confidence: medium
- Timeline.1: {"event":"CEQA approval","date":"2022-01-25","detail":"The Kern County Board of Supervisors approved the broader Sandrini Solar Project proposed by EDPR CA Solar Park LLC. The approved project scope allowed up to 300 MW AC of solar generation and up to 100 MW of energy storage."} — Sandrini Solar Project by EDPR CA Solar Park, LLC · confidence: medium
- Timeline.3: {"event":"Project commissioning and public unveiling","date":"2025-01-07","detail":"EDPR NA publicly unveiled Sandrini I & II; its announcement stated that both solar phases had been commissioned in the fourth quarter of 2024."} — EDP Renewables North America Unveils Sandrini I & II Solar Energy Park in Southern California for Redwood Coast Energy Authority and Shell Energy North America · confidence: high
- Timeline.5: {"event":"Transaction completion","date":"2025-09-09","detail":"EDP announced completion of the sale of a 49% equity stake in the 300 MWac solar portfolio and associated storage facility in the United States."} — EDP closes asset rotation deal for a 300 MWac solar portfolio and 92 MW of storage in the US · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.1: {"relationship":"Developer and seller of 49% equity stake","name":"EDP Renewables North America LLC","detail":"Developed and owned the Sandrini solar assets and agreed to sell, then completed the sale of, a 49% equity stake in the portfolio that included Sandrini 200.","official_url":"https://edp.com/en/north-america/na"} — EDP Renewables North America · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.3: {"relationship":"Power purchaser / offtaker","name":"Shell Energy North America","detail":"Holds the 15-year PPA for the 200 MW Sandrini I phase.","official_url":"https://www.shell.com/us/energy"} — EDP Renewables North America Unveils Sandrini I & II Solar Energy Park in Southern California for Redwood Coast Energy Authority and Shell Energy North America · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.3: {"relationship":"Power purchaser / offtaker","name":"Shell Energy North America","detail":"Holds the 15-year PPA for the 200 MW Sandrini I phase.","official_url":"https://www.shell.com/us/energy"} — EDP Renewables and Shell Sign PPA on 200 MW Solar... · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.4: {"relationship":"CEQA lead agency","name":"Kern County Planning and Natural Resources Department","detail":"Kern County served as the lead agency for the Sandrini Solar Project environmental review, with approval by the Kern County Board of Supervisors.","official_url":"https://kernplanning.com"} — Sandrini Solar Project by EDPR CA Solar Park, LLC · confidence: high
- Quality notes.1: The 300 MW AC and up-to-100 MW storage figures in the CEQA record describe the broader Sandrini Solar Project, not an expansion of this exact 200 MW plant; the Sandrini BESS is separately identified in the portfolio transaction. — Sandrini Solar Project by EDPR CA Solar Park, LLC · confidence: high
- Operating status: operating — Meter Exemptions 2026 · confidence: high

## Timeline

- 2022-01-25 — CEQA approval
  The Kern County Board of Supervisors approved the broader Sandrini Solar Project proposed by EDPR CA Solar Park LLC. The approved project scope allowed up to 300 MW AC of solar generation and up to 100 MW of energy storage.
  Source: Sandrini Solar Project by EDPR CA Solar Park, LLC (https://ceqanet.lci.ca.gov/2021040761/4)
- 2025-01-07 — Project commissioning and public unveiling
  EDPR NA publicly unveiled Sandrini I & II; its announcement stated that both solar phases had been commissioned in the fourth quarter of 2024.
  Source: EDP Renewables North America Unveils Sandrini I & II Solar Energy Park in Southern California for Redwood Coast Energy Authority and Shell Energy North America (https://edp.com/en/north-america/na/media/edp-renewables-north-america-unveils-sandrini-i-ii-solar-energy-park)

## Sources

- [EDP Renewables North America Unveils Sandrini I & II ...](https://edp.com/en/north-america/na/media/edp-renewables-north-america-unveils-sandrini-i-ii-solar-energy-park) — edp.com · tier other
- [NRI](https://www.caiso.com/documents/fullnetworkmodel_workscope_db23m4.xlsx) — caiso.com · tier other
- [Meter Exemptions 2026](https://www.caiso.com/documents/metering-exemption-listing-report-2026.pdf) — caiso.com · tier other
- [Sandrini Solar Project by EDPR CA Solar Park, LLC](https://ceqanet.lci.ca.gov/2021040761/4) — ceqanet.lci.ca.gov · tier regulatory
- [Sandrini Solar - Bowman](https://bowman.com/projects/sandrini-solar) — bowman.com · tier other
- [EDP Renewables announces another 300 MW of solar now operational in Kern County - pv magazine USA](https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/01/08/edp-renewables-announces-another-300-mw-of-solar-now-operational-in-kern-county/) — pv-magazine-usa.com · tier other
- [EDP secures around 100 MW of storage capacity in the US](https://edp.com/en/investors/investor-information/market-notifications/edp-secures-around-100-mw-storage-capacity-us) — edp.com · tier other
- [Plenitude signs agreement with EDP Renewables to acquire two photovoltaic plants and a storage facility in the United States for a capacity of 245 MWdc](https://edp.com/en/north-america/na/media/plenitude-signs-agreement-edp-renewables-acquire-two-photovoltaic-plants-and) — edp.com · tier other
- [NX Horizon](https://www.nextpower.com/products/trackers/nx-horizon) — nextpower.com · tier other
- [EDP closes asset rotation deal for a 300 MWac solar portfolio and 92 MW of storage in the US](https://edp.com/en/investors/investor-information/market-notifications/edp-closes-asset-rotation-deal-300-mwac-solar) — edp.com · tier other
- [EDP Renewables and Shell Sign PPA on 200 MW Solar ...](https://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/pv_solar/edp-renewables-and-shell-sign-ppa-on-20191108) — renewableenergymagazine.com · tier other
- [EDP Renewables North America](https://edp.com/en/north-america/na) — edp.com · tier other
- [Sandrini Solar Project by EDPR CA Solar Park, LLC](https://ceqanet.lci.ca.gov/2021040761/3) — ceqanet.lci.ca.gov · tier regulatory

## Data quality

- The EIA-based plant record identifies one operational GEN01 solar-photovoltaic generator rated at 200 MW, with a first-unit date of December 1, 2024. The 300 MW AC and up-to-100 MW storage figures in the CEQA record describe the broader Sandrini Solar Project, not an expansion of this exact 200 MW plant; the Sandrini BESS is separately identified in the portfolio transaction.

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