904th largest plant in California · 6541st nationally
Sunselect1 is a natural gas power plant in California with a nameplate capacity of 6.6 MW.
| Plant Name | Sunselect1 |
|---|---|
| Operator | Sunselect Produce (California) Inc |
| City | Tehachapi |
| County | Kern County |
| State | California |
| ZIP | 93561 |
| Coordinates | 35.09671, -118.60218 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 3.3 MW | Operating | 2018 |
| 2 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 3.3 MW | Operating | 2018 |
| 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.