List of power stations in California
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This is a map of electricity-generating power stations in California, sorted by type and name.
Contents
Coal
Plant | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Refs |
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ACE Cogeneration Facility | Trona, Inyo County, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 108 | [1] |
Argus Cogeneration Plant | Trona, Inyo County, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 55 | |
Port of Stockton District Energy Facility | Stockton, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 54 | |
Rio Bravo Jasmin Power Plant | Bakersfield, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 38.2 | [1] |
Rio Bravo Poso Power Plant | Bakersfield, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 38.2 | [1] |
Stockton Cogeneration Facility | Stockton, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 60 | [1] |
TXI Riverside Cement Power House | Oro Grande, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 24 |
Nuclear
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
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Diablo Canyon Power Plant | San Luis Obispo County | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 2,240 |
Natural Gas-fired
Plant | Location | Coords. | Capacity (MW) | Refs |
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AES Alamitos LLC Gas Power Plant | Long Beach, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 2,025 | [2][3] |
Blythe Energy Project | Blythe, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 520 | [2][4] |
Colusa Generating Station | Maxwell, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 660 | [2][5] |
Coolwater Gas Power Plant | Daggett, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 727 | [2] |
Delta Energy Center | Pittsburg, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 860 | [2] |
Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant | Santa Clara, California | 147 | [6] | |
El Segundo Power Plant | El Segundo, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 550 | [4] |
Elk Hills Power Plant | Taft, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 567 | [2][4] |
Encina Power Station | Carlsbad, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 965 | [7] |
Gateway Generating Station | Antioch, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 581 | [5] |
Harbor Generating Station | Wilmington, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 466 | [2] |
Haynes Gas Power Plant | Long Beach, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 575 | [4] |
High Desert Power Plant | Victorville, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 855 | [2][4] |
AES Huntington Beach | Huntington Beach, CA | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 904 | [2] |
Humboldt Bay Generating Station | Humboldt Bay, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 163 | |
Inland Empire Energy Center | Sun City, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 400 | [2][4] |
Kern River Cogeneration | Bakersfield, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 300 | [2] |
La Paloma Generating Power Plant | McKittrick, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 1,124 | [8] |
Los Esteros Critical Energy Facility | San Jose, California | 309 | [9] | |
Los Medanos Energy Center | Pittsburg, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 594 | [2] |
Magnolia Power Plant | Burbank, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 328 | [2] |
Mandalay Generating Station | Oxnard, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 573 | [2] |
Marsh Landing Power Plant | Antioch, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 720 | [5] |
Metcalf Energy Center | Coyote, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 566 | [2][5] |
Moss Landing Power Plant | Moss Landing, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 2,802 | [10] |
Mountainview Power Plant | Redlands, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 1,058 | [2] |
Ormond Beach Gas Power Plant | Oxnard, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 1,516 | |
Otay Mesa Energy Center | Otay Mesa, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 510 | [11] |
Palomar Energy Center | Escondido, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 546 | [2] |
Panoche Energy Center | Firebaugh, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 400 | [2] |
Pastoria Energy Facility | Lebec, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 750 | [2] |
Pittsburg Power Gas Power Plant | Pittsburg, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 1,029 | [12] |
AES Redondo LLC Gas Power Plant | Redondo, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 1,343 | [2][13] |
Sunrise | 570 | |||
Russell City Energy Center | Hayward, California | 691 | [9] | |
Tracy Power Plant | Tracy, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 341 |
Hydro-electric
Conventional
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
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Shasta Dam | Redding | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 676 |
Oroville Dam | Oroville | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 645 |
New Bullards Bar Dam | Dobbins | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 315 |
New Melones Dam | Jamestown | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 300 |
White Rock Powerplant | East of Sacramento | 224 | |
New Don Pedro Dam | La Grange | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 203 |
Eastwood Powerhouse | Fresno County | 199.8 | |
Folsom Dam | Folsom | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 199 |
Mammoth Pool Dam | Sierra National Forest | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 190 |
Spring Creek Powerplant* | Keswick | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 180 |
Big Creek No. 3 Powerplant | Fresno County | 174.45 | |
Holm Powerhouse | Near Cherry Lake | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 169 |
Pine Flat Dam | Piedra | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 165 |
Judge Francis Carr Powerhouse* | Whiskeytown | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 154 |
Camino Powerplant | East of Sacramento | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 150 |
Jaybird Powerplant | East of Sacramento | 144 | |
Poe Dam (Poe Powerhouse) |
Plumas County | 143 | |
Trinity Dam | Weaverville | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 140 |
Belden Powerhouse | Plumas County | 125 | |
O'Shaughnessy Dam/Kirkwood Powerhouse | Yosemite National Park | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 124 |
Caribou No. 1 Powerhouse | Plumas County | 120 | |
Parker Dam | Bluewater | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 120 |
Keswick Dam | Redding | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 117 |
Rock Creek Powerhouse | Plumas County | 112 | |
Big Creek Powerplant 2A | Fresno County | 110 | |
Moccasin Powerplant | Moccasin | 110 | |
Big Creek Powerplant No. 4 | Fresno County | 100 | |
New Exchequer Dam | Merced Falls | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 94.5 |
Big Creek Powerplant No. 1 | Fresno County | 88.15 | |
Loon Lake Powerplant | East of Sacramento | 82 | |
Big Creek Powerplant No. 8 | Fresno County | 75 | |
Caribou No. 1 Powerhouse | Plumas County | 75 | |
Cresta Powerhouse | Plumas County | 70 | |
Big Creek Powerplant No. 2 | Fresno County | 66.5 | |
Union Valley Dam | East of Sacramento | 46.7 | |
Lake Almanor Dam (Butt Valley Powerhouse) |
Canyondam | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 41[14] |
Robbs Peak Powerhouse | East of Sacramento | 29 | |
Jones Fork Powerhouse | East of Sacramento | 11.5 | |
Portal Powerplant | Fresno County | 10.8 | |
Indian Valley Dam | Lake County | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 3.7[15] |
Slab Creek Dam | East of Sacramento | 0.4 | |
Division Creek Power Plant Unit 2 | Inyo County | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 0.55[16] |
*Located along aqueduct or tunnel
Pumped-storage
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
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Castaic Power Plant | Angeles National Forest | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 1,247 |
Helms Power Plant | Fresno County | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 1,200 |
San Luis Dam | Los Banos | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 424 |
Wind Power
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
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Alta Wind Energy Center* | Kern County | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 1,320 |
Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm | Tehachapi Mountains | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 705 |
San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm | White Water | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 615 |
Altamont Pass Wind Farm | Livermore | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 576 |
Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility* | Ocotillo, California[17] | 315[18] | |
Shiloh Wind Power Plant | Bird's Landing | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 300 |
Kumeyaay Wind farm | Campo Indian Reservation[19] | 50[20] |
*Under construction
Solar
Photovoltaic
List of major solar photovoltaic power stations in California as of July 23, 2014.
Thermal
List of current solar thermal power stations in California.
Station | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Status | Notes |
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Solar Energy Generating Systems | Mojave Desert | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 354 | Operational | |
Kimberlina Solar Thermal Energy Plant | Bakersfield, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 5 | Operational | |
Sierra SunTower | Lancaster, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 5 | Operational | |
Ivanpah Solar Power Facility | Mojave Desert | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 392 | Operational |
Geothermal
Plant | Location | Coords. | Capacity (MW) | Refs |
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Calenergy | Calipatria, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 327 | |
The Geysers | Mayacamas Mountains | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 750 | [21] |
Heber | 52 | [21][22] | ||
Calistoga | 176 | [23] | ||
Hudson Ranch | 50 | [21] | ||
Leathers | 36 | [21] | ||
Mammoth | 40 | [21] | ||
West Ford Flat | 26 | [21][24] |
Biomass
Name | Location | Coords. | Capacity (MW) | Refs |
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Blue Lake Power | Blue Lake, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 11 | [25] |
Burney Forest Power | Burney, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 31 | [25] |
Chowchilla | Chowchilla, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 12.5 | [25] |
Collins Pine Co. Project | Chester, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 12 | [25] |
Desert View | Mecca, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 47 | [25] |
Delano Energy Co, Inc | Delano, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 50 | [25] |
DG Fairhaven | Samoa, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 18 | [25] |
Dinuba Energy, Inc | Dinuba, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 12 | [25] |
Honey Lake Power | Wendel, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 32 | [25] |
Shasta Renewable | Anderson, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 7.2 | [25] |
Madera Power LLC | Firebaugh, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 28 | [25] |
Mendota Biomass Power Ltd. | Mendota, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 25 | [25] |
Merced Power (El Nido) | El Nido, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 12.5 | [25] |
Pacific Ultrapower Chinese Station | Jamestown, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 22 | [25] |
Rio Bravo Fresno | Fresno, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 25 | [25] |
Rio Bravo Rocklin | Rocklin, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 25 | [25] |
Roseburg Forest Products | Weed, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 12 | [25] |
Eel River | Scotia, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 28 | [25] |
Sierra Power Corp. | Terra Bella, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 9.5 | [25] |
SPI Burney | Burney, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 20 | [25] |
SPI Anderson I | Anderson, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 4 | [25] |
SPI Lincoln | Lincoln, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 18 | [25] |
SPI Quincy | Quincy, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 25 | [25] |
SPI Sonora | Sonora, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 8 | [25] |
Tracy Biomass Plant | Tracy, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 19.4 | [25] |
Wadham | Williams, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 26.5 | [25] |
Wheelabrator Shasta | Anderson, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 50 | [25] |
Woodland Biomass Power Ltd. | Woodland, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 25 | [25] |
Former facilities
Plant | Type | Location | Coords. | Capacity (MW) | Year Commissioned | Year Decommissioned | References |
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South Bay Power Plant | Gas-fired | Chula Vista, California | 700 | 2010 | [26] | ||
Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station | Nuclear | Herald, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 917 | 1975 | 2009 | [27] |
Humboldt Bay Power Plant - Unit 3 | Nuclear | Humboldt Bay, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 65 | 1963 | 1976 | [28] |
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station | Nuclear | San Diego County, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 2,150 | 1968 | 2013 | [29] |
Morro Bay Power Plant | Gas-fired | Morro Bay, California | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 650 | 2014 | [30] |
See also
References
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- ↑ City of Santa Clara Electric Resources - Silicon Valley Power
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- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Two New Calpine Power Plants Begin Commercial Operations in California
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- ↑ Dynegy officially closes the Morro Bay Power Plant, San Luis Obispo Tribune, February 5, 2014
Nuclear Energy in California (CA.gov): http://www.energy.ca.gov/nuclear/california.html retrieved: 11/10/12