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Pine Tree Wind Power Project

Wind power plant · Kern County, California

Nameplate capacity
135 MW
Rank in California
#206
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2009
June 2009

Details

Primary fuel
Wind
Technology
Onshore Wind Turbine
Operator
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
County
Kern County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.13%
Rank among wind plants in California
#18 of 111
EIA plant code
56433

Generating units

Individual generating units at Pine Tree Wind Power Project
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Onshore Wind Turbine135 MW135 MW2009Operating

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 135 MW solar plant and a 135 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