Vandenberg Solar Project
Solar power plant · Santa Barbara County, California
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- MN8 Energy LLC
- County
- Santa Barbara County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among solar plants in California
- #151 of 937
- EIA plant code
- 61463
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VBERG | Solar Photovoltaic | 25 MW | 25 MW | 2017 | 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
| Solar Borrego I | Solar | 26 MW |
| Robbs Peak | Hydro | 26 MW |
| 85 B | Wind | 25 MW |
| ONeill | Hydro | 25 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 25 MW solar plant and a 25 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