Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC
Solar power plant · Kern County, California
Nameplate capacity
242 MW
Rank in California
#112
of 1,928 plants
In service since
2025
July 2025
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- RWE Clean Energy
- County
- Kern County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.22%
- Rank among solar plants in California
- #45 of 968
- EIA plant code
- 67039
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 150 MW | 150 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| NOBAT | Batteries | 92 MW | 92 MW | 2025 | 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
| Crockett Cogen Project | Natural gas | 247 MW |
| Blythe Solar II, LLC | Solar | 246 MW |
| Arlington Energy Center III | Solar | 241 MW |
| Scarlet Solar (CA) | Solar | 240 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, August 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 242 MW solar plant and a 242 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