Pacific Wind LLC

OperatingWind

Ranked #8 of 116 Wind plants in CA#476 of 1442 nationally

151.7 MW Wind operating in Kern, CA — California Independent System Operator

EIAGEMWD

151.7 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology

2012

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

34.8991, -118.4291

County

Kern, CA

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Ownership & Operator

Owner data does not fully agree across sources.

EIA typically reports the operating utility, while GEM resolves to the financial owner or parent corporation. Both can be correct.

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	EDF Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.	EDF Renewables	—
Owner(s)	EDF Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.	EDF Renewables [100%]	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

GEM identifies the owner as EDF Renewables [100%]

This entity is not yet in the GEM ownership database — chain unavailable.

About

Pacific Wind LLC is a 151.7 MW wind power plant located in Kern County, California. The plant began operating in 2012 and is owned and operated by EDF Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc. It consists of a single generator utilizing onshore wind turbine technology. The facility ranks as the 8th largest wind farm in California out of 28, and 470th nationally out of 734.

The plant's wind turbines have a hub height of 78.5 meters and a rotor diameter of 92.5 meters. The turbines were manufactured by REpower and are model MM92. In its most recent year of operation, Pacific Wind LLC generated 311,194 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 23.3%. The plant operates within the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) balancing authority and the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) NERC region.

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Engineering & Generators