Sierra Solar Hybrid
Battery storage power plant · Churchill County, Nevada
Nameplate capacity
400 MW
Rank in Nevada
#13
of 118 plants
In service since
2026
March 2026
Details
- Primary fuel
- Battery storage
- Technology
- Batteries
- Operator
- Sierra Pacific Power Co
- County
- Churchill County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 2.07%
- Rank among battery storage plants in Nevada
- #1 of 5
- EIA plant code
- 67978
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSES1 | Batteries | 400 MW | 400 MW | 2026 | 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 Nevada
| Desert Star Energy Center | Natural gas | 537 MW |
| TS Power Plant | Coal | 442 MW |
| Las Vegas Generating Station | Natural gas | 359 MW |
| Eagle Shadow Mountain Solar Farm | Solar | 300 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, August 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 400 MW solar plant and a 400 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 Nevada power plants · What Nevada actually generates