Santa Clara County, California has 64 power plants totaling 1,786 MW of nameplate capacity. Browse every plant below with fuel type, operator, and capacity.
| Plant | City | Fuel | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalf Energy Center | San Jose | Natural Gas | 635 MW | Calpine Corp - Metcalf Energy Center |
| Los Esteros Critical Energy Center | San Jose | Natural Gas | 306 MW | Los Esteros Critical Energy Facility Llc |
| Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant | Santa Clara | Natural Gas | 154 MW | City Of Santa Clara - (Ca) |
| Gilroy Peaking Energy Center | Gilroy | Natural Gas | 135 MW | Calpine Gilroy Cogen Lp |
| Gilroy Power Plant | Gilroy | Natural Gas | 130 MW | Calpine Gilroy Cogen Lp |
| Sc 1 Data Center, Phase 2 | Santa Clara | Oil | 99.6 MW | Xeres Ventures Llc |
| Gianera | Santa Clara | Natural Gas | 64.6 MW | City Of Santa Clara - (Ca) |
| Coresite Real Estate 3032 Coronado, L.p. | Santa Clara | Oil | 39.0 MW | Coresite Real Estate 3032 Coronado, L.p. |
| Agnews Power Plant | San Jose | Natural Gas | 32.0 MW | Ols Energy-Agnews Inc. |
| Coresite Real Estate 3045 Stender, Lp | Santa Clara | Oil | 27.0 MW | Coresite Real Estate 3045 Stender, Lp |
| Apple Campus 2 Pv | Cupertino | Solar | 14.4 MW | Apple, Inc |
| Sj/Sc Wpcp | San Jose | Natural Gas | 14.0 MW | San Jose/Santa Clara Water P C |
| Coresite Real Estate 2972 Stender, L.p. | Santa Clara | Oil | 12.0 MW | Coresite Real Estate 2972 Stender, L.p. |
| Coresite Real Estate 2901 Coronado, L.p. | Santa Clara | Oil | 10.0 MW | Coresite Real Estate 2901 Coronado, L.p. |
| Coresite Real Estate 55 S. Market Street | San Jose | Oil | 8.0 MW | Coresite Real Estate 55 S. Market Street, Llc |
| Santa Clara Cogen | Santa Clara | Natural Gas | 7.8 MW | City Of Santa Clara - (Ca) |
| San Jose Cogeneration | San Jose | Natural Gas | 6.0 MW | San Jose State University Fclts Dev &ops |
| Eqx011 Duane Fuel Cell | Santa Clara | Natural Gas | 5.2 MW | 2016 Esa Project Company, Llc |
| Coresite Real Estate 1656 Mccarthy, L.p. | Milpitas | Oil | 5.0 MW | Coresite Real Estate 1656 Mccarthy, L.p. |
| Mission College Blvd. Fuel Cell | Santa Clara | Natural Gas | 5.0 MW | 2016 Esa Project Company, Llc |
| Equinix Lundy Ave. Fuel Cell | San Jose | Natural Gas | 4.9 MW | 2016 Esa Project Company, Llc |
| Equinix Caspian Dr. Fuel Cell | Sunnyvale | Natural Gas | 4.8 MW | 2016 Esa Project Company, Llc |
| Equinix Great Oaks Blvd. Fuel Cell | San Jose | Natural Gas | 4.5 MW | 2016 Esa Project Company, Llc |
| City Of Palo Alto | Palo Alta | Natural Gas | 4.4 MW | City Of Palo Alto |
| Apple Campus 2 Fuel Cell | Cupertino | Biomass | 4.0 MW | Apple, Inc |
| Eqx015 Great Oaks Fuel Cell | San Jose | Natural Gas | 4.0 MW | 2016 Esa Project Company, Llc |
| West Valley Mission Ccd Solar Project | Saratoga | Solar | 3.6 MW | West Valley-Mission Community College District |
| Stanford Campus Solar | Stanford | Solar | 3.4 MW | Mn8 Energy Llc |
| Malech Solar Farm | San Jose | Solar | 3.1 MW | County Of Santa Clara (Ca) |
| Eqx010 Great Oaks Fuel Cell | San Jose | Natural Gas | 2.4 MW | 2016 Esa Project Company, Llc |
| Hellyer Solar Farm | San Jose | Solar | 2.2 MW | County Of Santa Clara (Ca) |
| Agt000 Stevens Creek Fuel Cell | Santa Clara | Natural Gas | 2.2 MW | 2016 Esa Project Company, Llc |
| Google Moffett Park Solar Project | Sunnyvale | Solar | 2.2 MW | Google, Inc. |
| Micro Santa Clara | San Jose | Natural Gas | 2.0 MW | Bloom Energy |
| Gavilan Community College Solar Project | Gilroy | Solar | 1.9 MW | Gavilan District College Solar Project |
| Guadalupe Solar Farm | San Jose | Solar | 1.7 MW | County Of Santa Clara (Ca) |
| Csu San Jose State University | San Jose | Solar | 1.7 MW | Skyhigh 2 Solar |
| Sunnyvale City Of Wpcp | Sunnyvale | Natural Gas | 1.6 MW | Sunnyvale City Of Wpcp |
| Zero Waste Energy Development Co Llc | San Jose | Biomass | 1.6 MW | Zero Waste Energy Development Company Llc |
| Scu000 El Camino Real Fuel Cell | Santa Clara | Natural Gas | 1.5 MW | 2016 Esa Project Company, Llc |
| At&t Holger | San Jose | Natural Gas | 1.3 MW | Bloom Energy |
| Solar Star Palo Alto I, Llc | Palo Alto | Solar | 1.3 MW | Dg 1 Acquisition Co., Llc |
| Adobe San Jose | San Jose | Natural Gas | 1.2 MW | Bloom Energy |
| Extreme Via Del Oro | San Jose | Natural Gas | 1.2 MW | Bloom Energy |
| Cst001 Mccarthy Fuel Cell | Milpitas | Natural Gas | 1.2 MW | 2016 Esa Project Company, Llc |
| Juniper Networks Sunnyvale | Sunnyvale | Natural Gas | 1.1 MW | Bloom Energy |
| Kellogg's - San Jose | San Jose | Natural Gas | 1.1 MW | Bloom Energy |
| Maxim | San Jose | Natural Gas | 1.1 MW | Bloom Energy |
| Yahoo! - Hq | Sunnyvale | Natural Gas | 1.1 MW | Bloom Energy |
| Equinix San Jose | San Jose | Natural Gas | 1.1 MW | Bloom Energy |
| Intel Santa Clara | Santa Clara | Natural Gas | 1.1 MW | Bloom Energy |
| Jsr000 N Mathilda Fuel Cell | Sunnyvale | Natural Gas | 1.1 MW | 2016 Esa Project Company, Llc |
| Xilinx San Jose | San Jose | Natural Gas | 1.0 MW | Bloom Energy |
| Flex Gibraltar | Milpitas | Natural Gas | 1.0 MW | Bloom Energy |
| Extreme San Ignacio | San Jose | Natural Gas | 1.0 MW | Bloom Energy |
| Scc - San Jose | San Jose | Natural Gas | 1.0 MW | Bloom Energy |
| Beckton Dickenson - San Jose | San Jose | Natural Gas | 1.0 MW | Bloom Energy |
| Grs Newby I | San Jose | Natural Gas | — MW | Gas Recovery Systems Inc |
| Lockheed Martin Sunnyvale | Sunnyvale | Natural Gas | — MW | Bloom Energy |
| Yerba Buena | San Jose | Battery Storage | — MW | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
| Renz Energy Storage | Gilroy | Battery Storage | — MW | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
| Hummingbird Energy Storage Llc | San Jose | Battery Storage | — MW | Hummingbird Energy Storage, Llc |
| Verizon Comms Garage Top Solar Project | San Jose | Solar | — MW | Verizon Communications |
| Kifer Bess 1 | Santa Clara | Battery Storage | — MW | Kifer Energy Storage, Llc |
Santa Clara County, California has 64 power plants totaling 1,786 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the dominant fuel source at 86% of installed capacity, followed by Oil (11%) and Solar (2%). The largest facility is Metcalf Energy Center at 635 MW. Data comes from EIA Form 860, EIA Form 923, and EPA eGRID federal releases.
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