Strauss Wind Farm
Wind power plant · Santa Barbara County, California
Nameplate capacity
95 MW
Rank in California
#296
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2023
December 2023
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Strauss Wind LLC
- County
- Santa Barbara County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.09%
- Rank among wind plants in California
- #29 of 111
- EIA plant code
- 62113
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST-CA | Onshore Wind Turbine | 95 MW | 95 MW | 2023 | 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
| Balch 2 | Hydro | 97 MW |
| Acid BESS | Battery storage | 97 MW |
| Exchequer | Hydro | 95 MW |
| South Belridge Cogeneration Facility | Natural gas | 94 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 95 MW solar plant and a 95 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