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
201ABEC Bidart-Old River LLCABEC Bidart-Old River LLC2 MW
202Blackwell?s Corner Storage FacilityBlackwell Test Facility, LLC2 MW
203Sunny Cow Solar, LLCHeadwater Energy, LLC2 MW
204California CityMN8 Energy LLC1.9 MW
205Lost Hills OilfieldDistributed Solar Development, LLC1.9 MW
206Broadway 4 - Target ShafterMN8 Energy LLC1.6 MW
207ZCOWind Stream Operations LLC1.6 MW
208CDCR (CA) - Wasco State PrisonSunE Wasco SP Owner, LLC1.5 MW
209IKEA Tejon 345IKEA Property Inc1.5 MW
210Liberty HS Solar ProjectMN8 Energy LLC1.5 MW
211Nickel 1 Solar FacilityAltus Power America Management, LLC1.5 MW
212WingmasterWonderful Renewable Energy, LLC.1.5 MW
213Wonderful Huller & ShellingWonderful Renewable Energy, LLC.1.5 MW
214Frontier HS Solar ProjectMN8 Energy LLC1.4 MW
215Vulcan San Emidio SolarRenew Solar VMC LLC1.4 MW
216Calibrant Bakersfield LLCBay4 Energy Services, LLC1.3 MW
217Tejon Castac Water District SolarCTMW Solar, LLC1.3 MW
218Allied PotatoRenewable Solar, Inc1.2 MW
219Kern Del OroREC KDO, LLC1.2 MW
220Lakeview Battery Storage FacilityAFTW Storage, LLC1.2 MW
221Roll DelanoBloom Energy1.2 MW
222Improvement Dst No. 4Kern County Water Agency1.1 MW
223ABEC #2 dba West-Star DairyABEC #2 LLC1 MW
224ABEC #3 dba Lakeview DairyABEC #3 LLC1 MW
225ABEC #4 dba CE&S DairyABEC #4 LLC1 MW
226Bakersfield Industrial PV 1AES Distributed Energy1 MW
227City of Rosamond (CA)Standard Solar1 MW
228Delano Land 1AES Distributed Energy1 MW
229E&B ResourcesTerraform Arcadia1 MW
230EAFB - North BaseCleanCapital Holdings1 MW
231EAFB - South BaseCleanCapital Holdings1 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.