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Solar power plant · Kern County, California
Nameplate capacity
11 MW
Rank in California
#818
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2012
September 2012
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- MN8 Energy LLC
- County
- Kern County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among solar plants in California
- #278 of 937
- EIA plant code
- 57764
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 11 MW | 11 MW | 2012 | 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
| Poole | Hydro | 11 MW |
| SEPV Sierra | Battery storage | 11 MW |
| Silverstrand Grid Energy Storage System | Battery storage | 11 MW |
| Heber Solar | Solar | 11 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 11 MW solar plant and a 11 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