Santa Barbara County, CA power plants
11 EIA-registered power plants in Santa Barbara County, CA totalling 303.3 MW of nameplate capacity, ranked and mapped inside CAISO.
- Plants
- 11
- Nameplate capacity
- 303.3 MW
- Largest
- 95.3 MW
EIA-registered records
Sum across this county
Strauss Wind Farm
Capacity by fuel
wind95.3 MW1 plantbatteries74.6 MW3 plantssolar67.1 MW3 plantsnatural gas58 MW1 plantbiomass8.3 MW3 plants
Santa Barbara County, CA capacity ranking
11 matching plants·ranked by nameplate capacity
| Rank | Plant | Capacity | Technology | Operator | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strauss Wind FarmStrauss Wind LLC | 95.3 MW | Onshore Wind Turbine | Strauss Wind LLC | Santa Barbara County | |
| 2 | Goleta Energy Storage, LLCGoleta Energy Storage, LLC | 60 MW | Batteries | Goleta Energy Storage, LLC | Santa Barbara County | |
| 3 | EllwoodEllwood Power, LLC | 58 MW | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Ellwood Power, LLC | Santa Barbara County | |
| 4 | Cuyama Solar, LLCCuyama Solar, LLC | 40 MW | Solar Photovoltaic | Cuyama Solar, LLC | Santa Barbara County | |
| 5 | Vandenberg Solar ProjectMN8 Energy LLC | 25.3 MW | Solar Photovoltaic | MN8 Energy LLC | Santa Barbara County | |
| 6 | VallecitoViridity Energy Solutions, Inc. | 10 MW | Batteries | Viridity Energy Solutions, Inc. | Santa Barbara County | |
| 7 | Santa Barbara ReSource CenterCounty of Santa Barbara | 5.8 MW | Landfill Gas, Other Waste Biomass, Solar Photovoltaic | County of Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara County | |
| 8 | SEPV Cuyama HybridSEPV Cuyama, LLC | 4.6 MW | Solar Photovoltaic, Batteries | SEPV Cuyama, LLC | Santa Barbara County | |
| 9 | Broadway 3 - UCSB Lot 38MN8 Energy LLC | 1.8 MW | Solar Photovoltaic | MN8 Energy LLC | Santa Barbara County | |
| 10 | J&A-Santa Maria II LLCJ&A-Santa Maria II LLC | 1.4 MW | Landfill Gas | J&A-Santa Maria II LLC | Santa Barbara County | |
| 11 | Santa Maria LFG Power PlantJ&A-Santa Maria LLC | 1.1 MW | Landfill Gas | J&A-Santa Maria LLC | Santa Barbara County |
Technology rankings in CAISO
Other CAISO counties
Kern County, CA16.6 GWRiverside 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 GW
All CAISO countiesCounty 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.