List of power stations in California

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in California, sorted by type and name.

1 Nuclear power stations
2 Gas-fired (or combined gas/coal)
3 Hydro-electric
- 3.1 Conventional
- 3.2 Pumped-storage
4 Wind Power
5 Solar
- 5.1 Photovoltaic
- 5.2 Thermal
6 Former facilities
7 References
8 External links

Nuclear power stations

Plant	Location	Coords.	Notes
Diablo Canyon Power Plant	San Luis Obispo County		2,240 MW
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station	San Diego County, California		2,150 MW

Gas-fired (or combined gas/coal)

Plant	Location	Notes
AES Alamitos LLC Gas Power Plant	Long Beach, California	1,997 MW
Gateway Generating Station	Antioch, California	30 MWe
Haynes Gas Power Plant	Long Beach, California	1,581 MW
Humboldt Bay Power Plant	Humboldt Bay, Calfironia	105 MWe
Moss Landing Power Plant	Moss Landing, California	2,529 MW
Ormond Beach Gas Power Plant	Oxnard, California	1,516 MW
Pittsburg Power Gas Power Plant	Pittsburg, California	1,311 MW
AES Redondo LLC Gas Power Plant	Redondo, California	1,310 MW
Huntington Beach Gas Power Plant	Huntington Beach, California	888 MW

Hydro-electric

Conventional

Name	Location	Capacity
Shasta Dam	Redding	676 MW
Oroville Dam	Oroville	645 MW
O'Shaughnessy Dam	Yosemite National Park	500 MW
New Bullards Bar Dam	Dobbins	315 MW
New Melones Dam	Jamestown	300 MW
New Don Pedro Dam	La Grange	203 MW
Folsom Dam	El Dorado Hills	199 MW
Mammoth Pool Dam	Sierra National Forest	190 MW
Spring Creek Powerplant*	Keswick	180 MW
Pine Flat Dam	Piedra	165 MW
Judge Francis Carr Powerhouse*	Whiskeytown	154 MW
Trinity Dam	Weaverville	140 MW
Parker Dam	Bluewater	120 MW
Keswick Dam	Redding	117 MW
New Exchequer Dam	Merced Falls	94.5 MW

*Located along aqueduct or tunnel

Pumped-storage

Name	Location	Capacity
Castaic Power Plant	Angeles National Forest	1,247 MW
Helms Power Plant	Fresno County	1,212 MW
San Luis Dam	Los Banos	424 MW

Wind Power

Name	Location	Capacity
Alta Wind Energy Center*	Kern County	800 MW
Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm	Tehachapi Mountains	705 MW
San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm	White Water	615 MW
Altamont Pass Wind Farm	Livermore	576 MW
Shiloh Wind Power Plant	Bird's Landing	300 MW

*Under construction

Solar

Photovoltaic

List of current solar photovoltaic power stations in California.

Station	Location	Capacity (MW)	Status
Topaz Solar Farm		550	Under construction
California Valley Solar Ranch	Carrizo Plain	250	Under construction
AV Solar Ranch One	Mojave Desert	230	Under construction

Thermal

List of current solar thermal power stations in California.

Station	Location	Capacity (MW)	Status
Solar Energy Generating Systems	Mojave Desert	354	Operational
Kimberlina Solar Thermal Energy Plant	Bakersfield, California	5	Operational
Sierra SunTower	Lancaster, California	5	Operational

Former facilities

References

External links

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