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Sagebrush Solar 2 ESS 59

Battery storage power plant · Kern County, California

Nameplate capacity
59 MW
Rank in California
#391
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2024
September 2024

Details

Primary fuel
Battery storage
Technology
Batteries
Operator
Terra-Gen Operating Co-BESS 2
County
Kern County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.05%
Rank among battery storage plants in California
#57 of 142
EIA plant code
66950

Generating units

Individual generating units at Sagebrush Solar 2 ESS 59
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Batteries59 MW59 MW2024Operating

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 59 MW solar plant and a 59 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