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Edwards Sanborn E3: location and 9 exact-grade projects within 15 mi. Basemap: Protomaps, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Edwards Sanborn E3
Power plant · Solar
Key facts
Power plant · Solarran 17% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 2021
- Net generation, 2025
- 56,078 MWh
- Grid
- 230 kV to Southern California Edison Co (CISO)
- Location
- Kern County, California
- Operated by
- Terra-Gen Operating Co-Hybrid
Output
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- Technology
- Solar source: “Solar Photovoltaic”
- Age
- 5 years since 2021
All 5 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Grid |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 195,818 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.168 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 56,078 |
| Balancing authority code | CISO |
Solar arrays
Solar arrays
The array area counts panels and inverters only, not buildings, fences or the whole site.
USGS maps the center of this array 0.7 mi from the point this page maps the plant at.
- Array area (acres)
- 393.6
- AC capacity (MW)
- 27.4
- DC capacity (MW)
- 27.4
- Mounting
- Single-axis tracking
- Site type
- Greenfield
- Began operating
- 2021
Ownership
2 companies2| Company | Role | Share | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terra-Gen Operating Co-Hybrid | Operator | EIA-860M | ||
| ES 1A Group 2 Opco, LLC | Owner | 100.0% | Dec 31, 2025 | EIA-860 |
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
5 sourcesSources EIA-860M · 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
- 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
- EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report — Schedule 4 Owner (ownership shares per generator), plus Plant/Generator schedules
Around this plant
Nearby
within 15 mi| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Rock Energy Storage Center Contracted | Storage | 2.9 mi | 500 |
| Sanborn Hybrid 3 Under construction | Solar + storage | 3.5 mi | 1,400 |
| Bellefield 2 Solar & Energy Storage Farm Under construction | Solar + storage | 5.9 mi | 500 |
| Tehachapi Spindle Withdrawn | Storage | 7.9 mi | 20 |
| Aratina Solar Center 2 Under construction | Solar + storage | 8.4 mi | 200 |
| Windhub Solar B, LLC Under construction | Solar | 9.3 mi | 26.4 |
| Bellefield 3 Solar and Battery Storage Contracted | Solar + storage | 9.5 mi | 150 |
| Syracuse and Tours Renewable Energy Permitted | Solar + storage | 10.3 mi | 80 |
| Big Creek Solar LLC Under construction | Solar | 10.5 mi | 400 |