Garnet Wind Energy Center
Wind power plant · Riverside County, California
Nameplate capacity
6.5 MW
Rank in California
#931
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2009
June 2009
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind
- County
- Riverside County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among wind plants in California
- #83 of 111
- EIA plant code
- 57302
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 6.5 MW | 6.5 MW | 2009 | 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
| WWTP Power Generation Station | Other | 6.6 MW |
| Coram Tehachapi | Wind | 6.5 MW |
| Genentech-Oceanside Hybrid | Solar | 6.5 MW |
| Summer North Solar | Solar | 6.5 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 6.5 MW solar plant and a 6.5 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