Amazon Bakersfield 1 Solar Project
Solar power plant · Kern County, California
Nameplate capacity
5.9 MW
Rank in California
#955
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2024
January 2024
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Solar Star Prime 3, LLC
- County
- Kern County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among solar plants in California
- #315 of 937
- EIA plant code
- 65562
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABFSP | Solar Photovoltaic | 4.3 MW | 4.2 MW | 2024 | Operating |
| ABSBA | Batteries | 1.6 MW | 1.6 MW | 2024 | 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
| Spring Gap | Hydro | 6.0 MW |
| Wagner Wind LLC | Wind | 6.0 MW |
| Red Mountain | Hydro | 5.9 MW |
| Spicer Meadow Project | Hydro | 5.9 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 5.9 MW solar plant and a 5.9 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