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Agua Caliente Solar Project

Solar power plant · Yuma County, Arizona

Nameplate capacity
348 MW
Rank in Arizona
#38
of 200 plants
In service since
2012
May 2012

Details

Primary fuel
Solar
Technology
Solar Photovoltaic
Operator
Agua Caliente Solar
County
Yuma County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
0.81%
Rank among solar plants in Arizona
#6 of 105
EIA plant code
57373

Generating units

Individual generating units at Agua Caliente Solar Project
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
AGU2Solar Photovoltaic136 MW136 MW2012Operating
AGU3Solar Photovoltaic121 MW121 MW2014Operating
AGU1Solar Photovoltaic91 MW91 MW2012Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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About this data

From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 348 MW solar plant and a 348 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.

“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Arizona power plants · What Arizona actually generates