1663rd largest plant in California · 12583rd nationally
Life Technologies - Pleasanton is a natural gas power plant in California with a nameplate capacity of 1.1 MW. It generates roughly 8.0k MWh per year — enough to power about 758 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 83% means it runs nearly around-the-clock as baseload generation.
| Plant Name | Life Technologies - Pleasanton |
|---|---|
| Operator | Bloom Energy |
| City | Pleasanton |
| County | Alameda County |
| State | California |
| ZIP | 94566 |
| Coordinates | 37.64389, -121.88417 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LFT01 | Other Natural Gas | Natural Gas | 1.1 MW | Operating | 2013 |
| Owner | Location | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Life Technologies Corporation | Carlsbad, CA | 10000.0% |
Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.
| NERC Region | WECC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | California Independent System Operator |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.