North Sky River Energy LLC
Wind power plant · Kern County, California
Nameplate capacity
162 MW
Rank in California
#167
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2012
December 2012
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- North Sky River Energy LLC
- County
- Kern County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.15%
- Rank among wind plants in California
- #7 of 111
- EIA plant code
- 58154
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 162 MW | 162 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
| Solar Gen 2 Solar Facility | Solar | 163 MW |
| High Winds LLC | Wind | 162 MW |
| Jaybird | Hydro | 162 MW |
| Stanton Energy Reliability Center Hybrid | Natural gas | 161 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 162 MW solar plant and a 162 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