Gila Bend Hybrid
Solar power plant · Maricopa County, Arizona
Nameplate capacity
68 MW
Rank in Arizona
#102
of 205 plants
In service since
2014
October 2014
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Arizona Public Service Co
- County
- Maricopa County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.15%
- Rank among solar plants in Arizona
- #41 of 119
- EIA plant code
- 59020
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PV1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 36 MW | 36 MW | 2014 | Operating |
| GB36M | Batteries | 32 MW | 32 MW | 2023 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Arizona
| Pluto Energy Storage | Battery storage | 75 MW |
| Foothills Solar Plant Hybrid | Solar | 73 MW |
| Poseidon Wind, LLC | Wind | 65 MW |
| Mormon Flat | Hydro | 64 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, August 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 68 MW solar plant and a 68 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