Covanta Mendota
Other power plant · Fresno County, California · not currently in service
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Wood/Wood Waste Biomass
- Operator
- Clean Energy Systems Mendota
- County
- Fresno County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among other plants in California
- #43 of 152
- EIA plant code
- 10837
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | 28 MW | 25 MW | 1989 | 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
| TPC Windfarms LLC | Wind | 29 MW |
| PE Berkeley | Natural gas | 29 MW |
| Woodland Biomass Power Ltd | Other | 28 MW |
| Rio Bravo Rocklin | Other | 28 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 28 MW solar plant and a 28 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