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Desert Sunlight 300, LLC

Solar power plant · Riverside County, California

Nameplate capacity
314 MW
Rank in California
#69
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2013
November 2013

Details

Primary fuel
Solar
Technology
Solar Photovoltaic
Operator
NextEra Energy Desert Sunlight 300, LLC
County
Riverside County
Generating units
11
Share of state capacity
0.29%
Rank among solar plants in California
#19 of 937
EIA plant code
57993

Generating units

Individual generating units at Desert Sunlight 300, LLC
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
DSL1Solar Photovoltaic40 MW40 MW2013Operating
DSL2Solar Photovoltaic40 MW40 MW2013Operating
DSL3Solar Photovoltaic40 MW40 MW2013Operating
DSL10Solar Photovoltaic30 MW30 MW2013Operating
DSL4Solar Photovoltaic30 MW30 MW2013Operating
DSL5Solar Photovoltaic25 MW25 MW2014Operating
DSL6Solar Photovoltaic25 MW25 MW2014Operating
DSL9Solar Photovoltaic23 MW23 MW2014Operating
DSL11Solar Photovoltaic20 MW20 MW2013Operating
DSL7Solar Photovoltaic20 MW20 MW2014Operating
DSL8Solar Photovoltaic19 MW19 MW2014Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 314 MW solar plant and a 314 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