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Gianera
Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine
Key facts
Power plant · Gas, combustion turbineran 3% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1986
- Net generation, 2025
- 15,060 MWh
- Grid
- 60 kV to City of Santa Clara - (CA) (CISO)
- Location
- Santa Clara County, California
- Operated by
- City of Santa Clara - (CA)SourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Output
- Gas
- Oil
Details
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- Technology
- Gas, combustion turbine source: “Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine”
- Age
- 40 years since 1986
- Unused energy
- 551 GWh 2025Unused energyA lead, not a guarantee: MW × hours × (1 − capacity factor) for the latest year (EIA-923), gas, coal and oil plants only. Air-permit run-hour caps, heat rate (cost to run) and capacity-market or reliability obligations can rule it out.
- Heat rate
- 15,134 Btu/kWh 2025
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Grid |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 227,919 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.027 |
| Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 | 15,134.1 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 15,060 |
| Balancing authority code | CISO |
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
3 sourcesSources EIA-860M · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Sources
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- 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
Around this plant
Nearby
within 25 km| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDGECORE DATA CENTER MECP1 SANTA CLARA 1 PROJECT Unknown | Large load | 1.9 km | |
| Edgecore -3580 Filed | Large load | 1.9 km | |
| SV8 DATA CENTER Unknown | Large load | 2.6 km | |
| VANTAGE DATA CENTERS MANAGEMENT CO , LLC Unknown | Large load | 3.0 km | |
| Kifer BESS 1 Under construction | Storage | 3.1 km | 50 |
| 4054 Digital Realty Built | Large load | 3.6 km | |
| LBA Data Center West Filed | Large load | 3.7 km | |
| PRIME DATA CENTERS Built | Large load | 3.8 km | |
| 1200 Memorex Skybox Data Center Filed | Large load | 4.2 km | |
| SJC02 & SJC03 DATA CENTER Unknown | Large load | 4.5 km | |
| SKYBOX DATA CENTER Built | Large load | 4.5 km | |
| 888 Ross Data Center Filed | Large load | 5.6 km | |
| DC-N (San Jose data centre) Filed | Large load | 9.3 km | |
| Fremont CA AutoFactory Under construction | Solar | 10.4 km | 3.8 |
| Data Center Filed | Large load | 10.7 km | |
| Waste Management Tri-Cities LFGTE Postponed | Biomass | 10.8 km | 4.8 |
| 7999 Gateway Solar Under construction | Solar | 14.8 km | 4.6 |
| Gateway#1&2 (Newark CA) Announced | Solar | 17.6 km | 1.1 |
| CHINA MOBILE INTERNATIONAL SAN JOSE DATA CENTER Unknown | Large load | 24.7 km | |
| Equinix SV-19 - 131 Great Oaks Blvd SJ Filed | Large load | 24.9 km |
Sources EPA ICIS-NPDES · FAA OE/AAA · EPA ICIS-Air · CAISO · EIA-860M
Sources
- EPA ECHO ICIS-NPDES construction stormwater coverage (data-centre sites, national)
- FAA OE/AAA Part 77 obstruction evaluation case archives (data-centre sites, buildings and cranes)
- EPA ECHO ICIS-Air national facility download (data-centre selection, placed through FRS)
- CAISO Public Queue ReportSource: California ISO
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory