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Badger 1 — Power plant · Solar · Desert Sky Solar LLCRomero Energy Center — Under construction · Storage · AZ · 225 MW · 11.2 mi awayRomero Energy Center II, LLC — Under construction · Storage · AZ · 225 MW · 11.2 mi awayRed Hawk — Under construction · Gas, combustion turbine · AZ · 392 MW · 11.4 mi awayAgave — Under construction · Storage · AZ · 150 MW · 12.1 mi awayDesert Sand BESS — Filed · Solar + storage · AZ · 600 MW · 13.7 mi away
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  • Under construction
  • Operating
  • 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW

Badger 1

Power plant · Solar

Key facts

Power plant · Solarran 23% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
2013
Net generation, 2025
29,557 MWh
Grid
69 kV to Arizona Public Service Co (AZPS)
Location
Maricopa County, Arizona
Operated by
Desert Sky Solar LLCSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2013 to 2025

Operations detail

Details

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Technology
Solar source: “Solar Photovoltaic”
Age
13 years since 2013
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
AttributeValue
Gem
Unit ids
G100000814586
Location id
L100000811985
Eia plant ids
58262
Grid
Nerc region
WECC
Report year
2025
Grid voltage kv
69
Transmission owner
Arizona Public Service Co
Balancing authority code
AZPS
Balancing authority name
Arizona Public Service Company
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025100,851
Capacity factor, 20250.228
Net generation (MWh), 202529,557
Balancing authority codeAZPS

Solar array

Array area (acres)
90
AC capacity (MW)
14.8
DC capacity (MW)
19.3
Mounting
Single-axis tracking
Site type
Greenfield
Began operating
2013

Source USPVDB

Source

  • USPVDBOpen license · retrieved Oct 25, 2026Map services and data are available from Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory via https://energy.usgs.gov/uspvdb

Attribution

Timeline

  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

5 sources

Sources EIA-860M · GEM · USPVDB · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Sources

  • EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026
  • GEMOpen license, with credit · retrieved Oct 26, 2026Global Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  • USPVDBOpen license · retrieved Oct 25, 2026Map services and data are available from Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory via https://energy.usgs.gov/uspvdb
  • EIAOpen license · retrieved Nov 1, 2026Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
  • EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 15 mi
ProjectKindAwayMW
Romero Energy Center Under construction Storage 11.2 mi 225
Romero Energy Center II, LLC Under construction Storage 11.2 mi 225
Red Hawk Under construction Gas, combustion turbine 11.4 mi 392
Agave Under construction Storage 12.1 mi 150
Desert Sand BESS Filed Solar + storage 13.7 mi 600

Sources EIA-860M

Sources

  • EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026

Attribution