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Edwards Air Force Base — Power plant · Solar · CleanCapital HoldingsBig Creek Solar LLC — Under construction · Solar · AR · 400 MW · 3.6 mi awayBellefield 3 Solar and Battery Storage — Contracted · Solar + storage · CA · 150 MW · 9.3 mi awayBellefield 2 Solar & Energy Storage Farm — Under construction · Solar + storage · CA · 500 MW · 11.3 mi awaySanborn Hybrid 3 — Under construction · Solar + storage · CA · 1,400 MW · 12.5 mi awayWillow Rock Energy Storage Center — Contracted · Storage · CA · 500 MW · 13.4 mi awayAratina Solar Center 2 — Under construction · Solar + storage · CA · 200 MW · 14.3 mi away
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Edwards Air Force Base

Power plant · Solar

Key facts

Power plant · Solar Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
2011
Net generation, 2025
0 MWh
Grid
34 kV to Southern California Edison Co (CISO)
Location
Kern County, California

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2012 to 2025

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Technology
Solar source: “Solar Photovoltaic”
Age
15 years since 2011
All 5 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Attributes
AttributeValue
Gem
Unit ids
G100000815525, G100000815526, G100000815527
Location id
L100000812865
Eia plant ids
58076
Grid
Nerc region
WECC
Report year
2025
Grid voltage kv
34.50
Transmission owner
Southern California Edison Co
Balancing authority code
CISO
Balancing authority name
California Independent System Operator
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 20250
Net generation (MWh), 20250
Balancing authority codeCISO
Data notes (1)
  • Capacity factor, 2025 not shown: net generation 0.0 MWh is not positive (the plant consumed at least as much as it produced over the year)

Solar array

Array area (acres)
7.2
AC capacity (MW)
3
DC capacity (MW)
3.3
Mounting
Single-axis tracking
Site type
Greenfield
Began operating
2011

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
CleanCapital Holdings Operator EIA-860M
GLC-(CA) Edwards AFB,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

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 15 mi
Projects within 15 mi, nearest first.
ProjectKindAwayMW
Big Creek Solar LLC Under construction Solar 3.6 mi 400
Bellefield 3 Solar and Battery Storage Contracted Solar + storage 9.3 mi 150
Bellefield 2 Solar & Energy Storage Farm Under construction Solar + storage 11.3 mi 500
Sanborn Hybrid 3 Under construction Solar + storage 12.5 mi 1,400
Willow Rock Energy Storage Center Contracted Storage 13.4 mi 500
Aratina Solar Center 2 Under construction Solar + storage 14.3 mi 200

Sources EIA-860M · CAISO

Sources

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

Attribution