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McFarland B Solar and Storage

Solar power plant · Yuma County, Arizona

Nameplate capacity
450 MW
Rank in Arizona
#33
of 200 plants
In service since
2024
December 2024

Details

Primary fuel
Solar
Technology
Solar Photovoltaic
Operator
AES Clean Energy
County
Yuma County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
1.05%
Rank among solar plants in Arizona
#4 of 105
EIA plant code
66637

Generating units

Individual generating units at McFarland B Solar and Storage
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
MCFRBSolar Photovoltaic300 MW300 MW2024Operating
BESSBatteries150 MW150 MW2024Operating

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 450 MW solar plant and a 450 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