Alta Wind Energy Center V
Wind power plant · Kern County, California
Nameplate capacity
168 MW
Rank in California
#159
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2011
April 2011
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Alta Wind V, LLC
- County
- Kern County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.16%
- Rank among wind plants in California
- #4 of 111
- EIA plant code
- 57294
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AW05 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 168 MW | 168 MW | 2011 | 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 California
| Sanborn BESS 3 | Battery storage | 169 MW |
| James B Black | Hydro | 169 MW |
| BigBeau Solar, LLC | Solar | 168 MW |
| Pinyon Pine I | Wind | 168 MW |
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 168 MW solar plant and a 168 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 California power plants · What California actually generates