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Giffen: location and 6 exact-grade projects within 25 km. Basemap: Protomaps, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Giffen
Power plant · Solar
Key facts
Power plant · Solarran 13% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 2012
- Net generation, 2025
- 11,555 MWh
- Grid
- 12 kV to Pacific Gas & Electric Co (CISO)
- Location
- Fresno County, California
- Operated by
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co.SourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
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- Technology
- Solar source: “Solar Photovoltaic”
- Age
- 14 years since 2012
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Gem |
|
| Grid |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 39,424 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.132 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 11,555 |
| 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)
- 58.1
- AC capacity (MW)
- 10
- DC capacity (MW)
- 13.1
- Mounting
- Fixed tilt
- Site type
- Greenfield
- Began operating
- 2012
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
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
5 sourcesSources EIA-860M · GEM · USPVDB · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
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
Around this plant
Nearby
within 25 km| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giffen Withdrawn | Solar | 0.0 km | 10 |
| EDPR Scarlet III Under construction | Storage | 9.3 km | 70 |
| Darden I Solar Contracted | Solar + storage | 9.3 km | 1,150 |
| EDPR CA Solar Park VI LLC (CA) Hybrid Under construction | Solar + storage | 12.0 km | 241 |
| Helms Energy Center Postponed | Gas, combustion turbine | 18.4 km | 48 |
| Little Bear Solar 2, LLC Contracted | Solar + storage | 22.3 km | 20 |
Sources
- CAISO Public Queue ReportSource: California ISO
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory