Blythe Solar II, LLC
Battery storage power plant · Riverside County, California
Details
- Primary fuel
- Battery storage
- Technology
- Batteries
- Operator
- Blythe Solar II, LLC
- County
- Riverside County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.23%
- Rank among battery storage plants in California
- #9 of 142
- EIA plant code
- 60092
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLST2 | Batteries | 115 MW | 115 MW | 2021 | Operating |
| BLCK5 | Solar Photovoltaic | 34 MW | 34 MW | 2016 | Operating |
| BLCK4 | Solar Photovoltaic | 33 MW | 33 MW | 2016 | Operating |
| BLCK7 | Solar Photovoltaic | 32 MW | 32 MW | 2016 | Operating |
| BLCK6 | Solar Photovoltaic | 32 MW | 32 MW | 2016 | 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
| Edwards Sanborn E4 | Solar | 249 MW |
| Crockett Cogen Project | Natural gas | 247 MW |
| Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC | Solar | 242 MW |
| Arlington Energy Center III | Solar | 241 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 246 MW solar plant and a 246 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