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Genesis Solar Energy Project

Solar power plant · Riverside County, California

Nameplate capacity
250 MW
Rank in California
#103
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2013
November 2013

Details

Primary fuel
Solar
Technology
Solar Thermal without Energy Storage
Operator
Genesis Solar LLC
County
Riverside County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.23%
Rank among solar plants in California
#38 of 937
EIA plant code
57394

Generating units

Individual generating units at Genesis Solar Energy Project
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
GEN01Solar Thermal without Energy Storage125 MW125 MW2014Operating
GEN02Solar Thermal without Energy Storage125 MW125 MW2013Operating

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 250 MW solar plant and a 250 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