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- 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW
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- Wind & solar
- In development
- Operating
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Desert Quartzite
Power plant · Solar
Key facts
Power plant · Solarran 21% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 2024
- Net generation, 2025
- 822,859 MWh
- Grid
- 230 kV to Southern California Edison Co (CISO)
- Location
- Riverside County, California
- Operated by
- Desert Quartzite LLCSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
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- Technology
- Solar source: “Solar Photovoltaic”
- Age
- 2 years since 2024
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Gem |
|
| Grid |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 2,879,421 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.209 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 822,859 |
| Balancing authority code | CISO |
Solar array
Solar array
The array area counts panels and inverters only, not buildings, fences or the whole site.
- Array area (acres)
- 1,585.7
- AC capacity (MW)
- 300
- DC capacity (MW)
- 374.9
- Mounting
- Single-axis tracking
- Site type
- Greenfield
- Began operating
- 2024
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
5 sourcesSources EIA-860M · GEM · USPVDB · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Sources
- EIA-860M
- GEMGlobal 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.
- USPVDBMap 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
- EIASource: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Around this plant
Nearby
within 15 mi| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonoran Energy Project Postponed | Gas, combined cycle | 5.0 mi | 553 |
| Grace Energy Center Contracted | Solar + storage | 6.9 mi | 500 |
| Rio Mesa SEGF 2 Postponed | Solar thermal | 7.2 mi | 250 |
| Blythe Solar Power Project Withdrawn | Solar thermal | 7.4 mi | 796.8 |
| Rio Mesa Solar Facility 1 Postponed | Solar thermal | 8.0 mi | 250 |
| Sonoran West Solar EGS Withdrawn | Solar | 8.2 mi | 540 |
| Chuckawalla State Prison Postponed | Solar | 9.8 mi | 2.1 |
| Ironwood State Prison Postponed | Solar | 10.1 mi | 1.1 |