Solar Star 1
Solar power plant · Kern County, California
Nameplate capacity
318 MW
Rank in California
#67
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2014
March 2014
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Solar Star California XIX, LLC
- County
- Kern County
- Generating units
- 7
- Share of state capacity
- 0.29%
- Rank among solar plants in California
- #18 of 937
- EIA plant code
- 58388
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS16 | Solar Photovoltaic | 65 MW | 63 MW | 2014 | Operating |
| SS13 | Solar Photovoltaic | 59 MW | 57 MW | 2014 | Operating |
| SS11 | Solar Photovoltaic | 54 MW | 53 MW | 2015 | Operating |
| SS12 | Solar Photovoltaic | 54 MW | 53 MW | 2015 | Operating |
| AVS1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 39 MW | 38 MW | 2014 | Operating |
| SS14 | Solar Photovoltaic | 33 MW | 32 MW | 2015 | Operating |
| SS15 | Solar Photovoltaic | 15 MW | 15 MW | 2014 | 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
| Blythe Mesa Solar II | Solar | 336 MW |
| Desert Peak Energy Storage I | Battery storage | 325 MW |
| Colgate | Hydro | 315 MW |
| Desert Sunlight 300, LLC | Solar | 314 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 318 MW solar plant and a 318 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