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Castor Solar — Power plant · Solar · ZGlobal IncHydrogen Energy California LLC — Withdrawn · Coal · CA · 421 MW · 6.0 mi awayMaricopa West Solar 2 — Withdrawn · Solar · CA · 20 MW · 7.1 mi away
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  • 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW

Castor Solar

Power plant · Solar

Key facts

Power plant · Solarran 6% of 2025 Out of service
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
2016
Net generation, 2025
766 MWh
Grid
12 kV to Pacific Gas & Electric Co (CISO)
Location
Kern County, California
Operated by
ZGlobal Inc

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2016 to 2025

Operations detail

Details

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Technology
Solar source: “Solar Photovoltaic”
Age
10 years since 2016
All 7 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Attributes
AttributeValue
Gem
Unit ids
G100000814982
Location id
L100000812359
Eia plant ids
60277
Grid
Nerc region
WECC
Report year
2025
Grid voltage kv
12
Transmission owner
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Balancing authority code
CISO
Balancing authority name
California Independent System Operator
Eia status
By code
OA
Mw
1.50
Units
1
Standby mw
0
Status rule
majority_mw_out_of_service
In service mw
1.50
Out of service mw
1.50
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 20252,613
Capacity factor, 20250.058
Net generation (MWh), 2025766
Balancing authority codeCISO

Solar array

Array area (acres)
9.8
AC capacity (MW)
1.5
DC capacity (MW)
1.9
Mounting
Fixed tilt
Site type
Greenfield
Began operating
2016

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

Ownership

2 companies2
Companies with an ownership or operating interest in this asset.
CompanyRoleShareAs ofSource
ZGlobal Inc Operator EIA-860M
GL Castor I, LLC Owner 100.0% Dec 31, 2025 EIA-860

Timeline

  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

6 sources

Sources EIA-860M · GEM · USPVDB · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report — Schedule 4 Owner (ownership shares per generator), plus Plant/Generator schedules

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
  • EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report — Schedule 4 Owner (ownership shares per generator), plus Plant/Generator schedules

Every source and license · Attribution

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 15 mi
Projects within 15 mi, nearest first.
ProjectKindAwayMW
Hydrogen Energy California LLC Withdrawn Coal 6.0 mi 421
Maricopa West Solar 2 Withdrawn Solar 7.1 mi 20

Sources EIA-860M · CAISO

Sources

  • EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026
  • CAISOOpen license, with credit · retrieved Nov 13, 2026Source: California ISO

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