Tehachapi Wind Resource II
Wind power plant · Kern County, California
Nameplate capacity
20 MW
Rank in California
#622
of 1,897 plants
In service since
1997
January 1997
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- CalWind Resources Inc
- County
- Kern County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among wind plants in California
- #71 of 111
- EIA plant code
- 54909
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLAN | Onshore Wind Turbine | 11 MW | 11 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| EXI2 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 8.6 MW | 8.6 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| EXIS | Onshore Wind Turbine | 0.3 MW | 0.3 MW | 1997 | 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
| Atwell Island | Solar | 20 MW |
| RE Garland A | Solar | 20 MW |
| Terminus Hydroelectric Project | Hydro | 20 MW |
| AP North Lake I, LP | Solar | 20 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 20 MW solar plant and a 20 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