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Mojave Solar Project

Solar power plant · San Bernardino County, California

Nameplate capacity
280 MW
Rank in California
#84
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2014
December 2014

Details

Primary fuel
Solar
Technology
Solar Thermal without Energy Storage
Operator
Mojave Solar LLC
County
San Bernardino County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.26%
Rank among solar plants in California
#26 of 937
EIA plant code
57331

Generating units

Individual generating units at Mojave Solar Project
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
MSP1Solar Thermal without Energy Storage140 MW138 MW2014Operating
MSP2Solar Thermal without Energy Storage140 MW138 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 280 MW solar plant and a 280 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