Power Plants in Santa Barbara County, California

Santa Barbara County, California has 15 power plants totaling 349 MW of nameplate capacity. Browse every plant below with fuel type, operator, and capacity.

Plants15operating sites
Capacity349 MWnameplate
Generation149.3k MWhannual
CO₂3.1kmetric tons/year
Natural Gas 31%Wind 27%Solar 21%Other Fossil 20%

Plant locations

All plants in this county

PlantCityFuelCapacityOperator
Strauss Wind FarmLompocWind95.3 MWStrauss Wind Llc
Goleta Energy Storage, LlcGoletaOther Fossil60.0 MWGoleta Energy Storage, Llc
EllwoodGoletaNatural Gas58.0 MWEllwood Power, Llc
Exxonmobil Santa Ynez FacilityGoletaNatural Gas49.3 MWExxon Mobil Production Co
Cuyama Solar, LlcCuyamaSolar40.0 MWCuyama Solar, Llc
Vandenberg Solar ProjectVandenberg Airforce BSolar25.3 MWMn8 Energy Llc
VallecitoCarpinteriaOther Fossil10.0 MWViridity Energy Solutions, Inc.
Sepv Cuyama HybridNew CuyamaSolar4.6 MWSepv Cuyama, Llc
Santa Barbara Resource CenterGoletaBiomass2.2 MWCounty Of Santa Barbara
Broadway 3 - Ucsb Lot 38Santa BarbaraSolar1.8 MWMn8 Energy Llc
J&a-Santa Maria Ii LlcSanta MariaBiomass1.4 MWJ&a-Santa Maria Ii Llc
Santa Maria Lfg Power PlantSanta MariaBiomass1.1 MWJ&a-Santa Maria Llc
Santa Maria Cogen PlantSanta MariaNatural Gas— MWWellhead Services, Inc
Painter Energy StorageCarpinteriaBattery Storage— MWPainter Energy Storage, Llc
Industrial Parkway StorageSanta MariaBattery Storage— MWRpca Storage 1, Llc

About power generation in Santa Barbara County

Santa Barbara County, California has 15 power plants totaling 349 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the dominant fuel source at 31% of installed capacity, followed by Wind (27%) and Solar (21%). The largest facility is Strauss Wind Farm at 95 MW. Data comes from EIA Form 860, EIA Form 923, and EPA eGRID federal releases.

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