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EIA plant 64221

Lost Hills · Kern · CA

Wonderful Orchards - Belridge

Operated by Wonderful Renewable Energy, LLC.

Annual generation11,942 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesSUNCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextCalifornia Independent System OperatorBalancing authority or NERC region

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35.500120, -119.749350

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologySolar Photovoltaic5 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

1490
2657
3984
41,220
51,534
61,385
71,351
81,257
91,126
10848
11594
12496

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
1490
2657
3984
41,220
51,534
61,385
71,351
81,257
91,126
10848
11594
12496

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1490 MWh
2657 MWh
3984 MWh
41,220 MWh
51,534 MWh
61,385 MWh
71,351 MWh
81,257 MWh
91,126 MWh
10848 MWh
11594 MWh
12496 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
WOCSolar PhotovoltaicSUN5OP

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EIA plant ID
64221
Sector
Industrial Non-CHP
Water source
Unavailable
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 5 has the highest recorded value (1,534 MWh) and 1 the lowest (490 MWh). Their difference is 1,044 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
WOCSolar Photovoltaic5.05.04.2Not supplied

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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