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Central 40
Power plant · Solar
Key facts
Power plant · Solarran 20% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 2021
- Net generation, 2025
- 69,471 MWh
- Grid
- 115 kV to Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (CISO)
- Location
- Stanislaus County, California
- Operated by
- Central 40, LLC
Output
Details
Who’s behind it
- Owner
- Idemitsu Renewables
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- Technology
- Solar source: “Solar Photovoltaic”
- Age
- 5 years since 2021
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Gem |
|
| Grid |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 237,034 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.198 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 69,471 |
| Balancing authority code | CISO |
Solar arrays
Solar arrays
The array area counts panels and inverters only, not buildings, fences or the whole site.
- Array area (acres)
- 165.1
- AC capacity (MW)
- 40
- DC capacity (MW)
- 50.3
- Mounting
- Single-axis tracking
- Site type
- Greenfield
- Began operating
- 2021
Source USPVDB
Source
- U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic DatabaseMap 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
Ownership
2 companies2| Company | Role | Share | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central 40, LLC | Operator | EIA-860M | ||
| Idemitsu Renewables | Owner | 100.0% | 31 Dec 2025 | EIA-860 |
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
6 sourcesSources 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-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- Global Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses)Global 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.
- U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database (USPVDB) — USGS and LBNL; one row per facility with its array footprintMap 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
- EIA Open Data bulk file — Electricity (ELEC.zip; monthly plant net generation and fuel consumption since 2001)Source: 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
Around this plant
Nearby
within 25 km| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzaga Ridge Wind Farm × 3 units Under construction | Wind | 20.2 km | 132.8 |
| Gonzaga Ridge Battery Facility Under construction | Storage | 21.5 km | 51.8 |