Covanta Delano Energy
Other power plant · Kern County, California · not currently in service
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Wood/Wood Waste Biomass
- Operator
- Clean Energy Systems Delano
- County
- Kern County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.05%
- Rank among other plants in California
- #16 of 152
- EIA plant code
- 10840
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | 32 MW | 27 MW | 1990 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| GEN2 | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | 25 MW | 22 MW | 1993 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
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
| Grayson | Natural gas | 57 MW |
| THUMS | Natural gas | 57 MW |
| Wellhead Power Panoche | Natural gas | 57 MW |
| Hecate Energy Beacon Solar 1 | Solar | 56 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 57 MW solar plant and a 57 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