Mojave 16/17/18
Wind power plant · Kern County, California
Nameplate capacity
89 MW
Rank in California
#308
of 1,897 plants
In service since
1989
December 1989
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind
- County
- Kern County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.08%
- Rank among wind plants in California
- #31 of 111
- EIA plant code
- 50821
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 89 MW | 89 MW | 1989 | 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
| Coso Energy Developers | Other | 90 MW |
| Coso Power Developers | Other | 90 MW |
| Big Creek 1 | Hydro | 88 MW |
| Placerita ESS | Battery storage | 88 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 89 MW solar plant and a 89 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