List Of Solar Power Plants In California

With 41 gw of natural gas 26 5 gw of renewable 12 gw solar 6 gw wind.

List of solar power plants in california.

The california energy commission licenses thermal power plants 50 megawatts or greater and ensures they operate in compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations. Completed january 2010 128 decommissioned september 2011 and sold to condisys solar technology of china in april 2012. This includes baseload peaking and energy storage power stations but does not include large backup generators as of 2018 california had 80 gw of installed generation capacity encompassing more than 1 500 power plants. Maricopa solar usa peoria arizona 1 5 mw dish stirling ses tessera solar s first commercial scale dish stirling power plant.

The growing amounts of solar power have been accompanied by growing curtailment according to the california independent system operator which runs the state s main power grid. King city cogeneration calpine corporation. Ivanpah solar electric generating system solar partners brightsource kern river cogeneration facility chevron power holdings inc. Contains data on the fuel types technology status and more for each power plant.

This is a list of power stations in california that are used for utility scale electricity generation.