Kern County, CA power plants

231 EIA-registered power plants in Kern County, CA totalling 16.6 GW of nameplate capacity, ranked and mapped inside CAISO.

Plants
231
EIA-registered records
Nameplate capacity
16.6 GW
Sum across this county
Largest
1,156 MW
La Paloma Generating Plant

Capacity by fuel

solar7.2 GW130 plantsnatural gas4.8 GW34 plantswind3.5 GW48 plantsbatteries926.2 MW12 plantshydroelectric78.5 MW3 plantsbiomass5 MW4 plants

Kern County, CA capacity ranking

231 matching plants·ranked by nameplate capacity

RankPlantCapacity
1La Paloma Generating PlantCXA La Paloma LLC1,156 MW
2Bellefield Solar and Energy Storage Farm50LW 8me LLC1,000 MW
3Pastoria Energy Facility, LLCCalpine Corp - Pastoria Energy Center779 MW
4Sunrise Power LLCSunrise Power Co LLC685.2 MW
5Elk Hills Power LLCElk Hills Power LLC623 MW
6Golden Field Solar III, LLCGolden Fields Solar III, LLC339 MW
7Solar Star 1Solar Star California XIX, LLC318 MW
8Kern River CogenerationKern River Cogeneration Co300 MW
9Sycamore CogenerationSycamore Cogeneration Co300 MW
10Edwards Sanborn E1ATerra-Gen Operating Co-Hybrid293.3 MW
11Edwards Sanborn E1BTerra-Gen Operating Co-Hybrid290.4 MW
12Solar Star 2Solar Star California XX, LLC279 MW
13RE GarlandSouthern Power Co273.1 MW
14Chaparral SpringsLeeward Asset Management, LLC262 MW
15Edwards Sanborn E2Terra-Gen Operating Co-Hybrid257.8 MW
16Rosamond South 1Golden Fields Solar IV, LLC257 MW
17Edwards Sanborn E4Terra-Gen Operating Co-Hybrid248.9 MW
18Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLCRWE Clean Energy242 MW
19Midway Sunset CogenMidway-Sunset Cogeneration Co234 MW
20Sandrini Solar 200EDPR CA Solar Park LLC200 MW
21Sandrini Solar 100EDPR CA Solar Park II LLC195.4 MW
22Manzana Wind LLCAvangrid Power LLC189 MW
23Sanborn BESS 3Terra-Gen Operating Co-BESS169 MW
24Alta Wind Energy Center VAlta Wind V, LLC168 MW
25BigBeau Solar, LLCBig Beau Solar, LLC168 MW
26Pinyon Pine IPinyon Pines Wind I, LLC168 MW
27North Sky River Energy LLCNorth Sky River Energy LLC162 MW
28Pacific Wind LLCEDF Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.151.7 MW
29North Rosamond Solar LLCNorth Rosamond Solar, LLC151.1 MW
30Alta Wind Energy Center IAlta Wind I, LLC150 MW
31Alta Wind Energy Center IIAlta Wind II, LLC150 MW
32Alta Wind Energy Center IIIAlta Wind III, LLC150 MW
33Alta Wind VIIINextera Energy Resources150 MW
34Mustang Hills LLCMustang Hills, LLC (Longroad)150 MW
35Edwards Sanborn 1CTerra-Gen Operating Co-Hybrid148 MW
36Alta Wind XAlta Wind X, LLC138 MW
37Pinyon Pine IIPinyon Pines Wind II, LLC132 MW
38Voyager Wind ITerra-Gen Operating Co-Wind131.1 MW
39Voyager Wind IITerra-Gen Operating Co-Wind128.7 MW
40AVEP BESSLeeward Asset Management, LLC126 MW
41Tumbleweed Energy StorageTumbleweed Energy Storage, LLC125 MW
42Rabbitbrush Solar, LLCLeeward Asset Management, LLC120 MW
43Windstar 1Nextera Energy Resources120 MW
44Edwards Sanborn E5Terra-Gen Operating Co-Hybrid115 MW
45Valentine Solar, LLCEDF Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.111.2 MW
46Catalina Solar LLCEDF Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.110 MW
47Willow Spring Solar, LLCWillow Spring Solar LLC107.9 MW
48Alta Wind Energy Center IVAlta Wind IV, LLC102 MW
49Brookfield Tehachapi 1Coram California Development, L.P.102 MW
50RE AstoriaRE Astoria LLC100 MW

Technology rankings in CAISO

Largest battery storage plantsLargest solar power plantsLargest wind farmsLargest natural gas power plantsLargest hydroelectric power plantsLargest nuclear power plants

Other CAISO counties

Riverside County, CA10.9 GWLos Angeles County, CA7.2 GWSan Bernardino County, CA6.4 GWFresno County, CA5.7 GWSan Diego County, CA4.6 GWContra Costa County, CA4.2 GWSan Luis Obispo County, CA3.6 GWKings County, CA2.8 GWImperial County, CA2.4 GWMonterey County, CA2.4 GWVentura County, CA2 GWOrange County, CA1.7 GW
All CAISO counties

County assignment and capacity come from the EIA generator inventory. Capacity is nameplate capacity, not seasonal capability or available operating capacity. A plant can include multiple generators and technologies.