Bellefield Solar and Energy Storage Farm
Solar power plant · Kern County, California
Nameplate capacity
1,000 MW
Rank in California
#11
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2025
December 2025
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- 50LW 8me LLC
- County
- Kern County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.93%
- Rank among solar plants in California
- #1 of 937
- EIA plant code
- 64210
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50LWA | Solar Photovoltaic | 500 MW | 500 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| 50LWB | Batteries | 500 MW | 500 MW | 2025 | 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
| Helms Pumped Storage | Hydro | 1,053 MW |
| Mountainview Generating Station | Natural gas | 1,037 MW |
| High Desert Power Plant | Natural gas | 960 MW |
| Delta Energy Center | Natural gas | 944 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 1,000 MW solar plant and a 1,000 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