Electric generating plantEIA plant no. 67278

Bishop Ranch - Br 2600

Type
Solar Photovoltaic
Nameplate capacity
2.8 MW
Units
3
Operator
Camino Ramon Br 2600 Solar Project 2020, LLC
Location
San Ramon, Contra Costa County, California
Rated 1265th largest in California · 9909th of 14,017 in the U.S. · by nameplate

Bishop Ranch - Br 2600 is a solar power plant in California with a nameplate capacity of 2.8 MW.

The 2.8 MW is nameplate capacity: the most this plant's generators are rated to produce, not what it actually generates. EPA eGRID reports no positive net generation for it this year.

How it works

A solar farm

DCAC1panels turn light into DC current2inverters make AC3to the grid
  1. Silicon cells in each panel turn sunlight directly into direct current (DC). Nothing moves; nothing burns.
  2. Inverters convert DC into the alternating current (AC) the grid uses.
  3. A substation raises the voltage and sends it onto transmission lines.

Why the numbers look like this: panels make nothing at night and less in winter, so even a well-placed U.S. solar farm averages around a quarter of its nameplate over a year. Watch the monthly bars: they swell in summer and shrink in December.

This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.

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Location

Address2700 Camino Ramon
CitySan Ramon
CountyContra Costa County
StateCalifornia
ZIP94583
Coordinates37.76631, -121.96169
OperatorCamino Ramon Br 2600 Solar Project 2020, LLC

Generators (3)

IDTechnologyFuelNameplate capacityStatusOnline
4147RSolar PhotovoltaicSolar1.2 MWUnder Construction—
4146BBatteriesBattery1.1 MWUnder Construction—
4146CSolar PhotovoltaicSolar0.5 MWUnder Construction—

Grid context

NERC RegionWECC
Balancing AuthorityCalifornia Independent System Operator

About Solar plants

Utility-scale solar farms convert sunlight directly into electricity using photovoltaic panels. They produce zero direct emissions and have no fuel cost, but generation is variable — peaking at midday and falling to zero at night. Capacity factors typically run 18–28% in good locations.

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