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Sierra Pacific Chinese Camp

Solar power plant · Tuolumne County, California

Nameplate capacity
3.6 MW
Rank in California
#1135
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2022
March 2022

Details

Primary fuel
Solar
Technology
Solar Photovoltaic
Operator
Sierra Pacific Industries
County
Tuolumne County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.00%
Rank among solar plants in California
#414 of 937
EIA plant code
65510

Generating units

Individual generating units at Sierra Pacific Chinese Camp
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
GEN 1Solar Photovoltaic3.6 MW3.6 MW2022Operating

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 3.6 MW solar plant and a 3.6 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