Victory Garden (Tehachapi)
Wind power plant · Kern County, California
Nameplate capacity
26 MW
Rank in California
#590
of 1,897 plants
In service since
1981
December 1981
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Wind Stream Operations LLC
- County
- Kern County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among wind plants in California
- #65 of 111
- EIA plant code
- 50532
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WGNS | Onshore Wind Turbine | 25 MW | 17 MW | 1981 | Operating |
| 15SLE | Onshore Wind Turbine | 1.5 MW | 1.5 MW | 2000 | 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
| Hayworth Solar | Solar | 27 MW |
| Kern River 1 | Hydro | 26 MW |
| Solar Borrego I | Solar | 26 MW |
| Robbs Peak | Hydro | 26 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 26 MW solar plant and a 26 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