Power plants in Santa Clara County, California
44 operating power plants in Santa Clara County, California, with 1,655 MW of nameplate capacity, largest first. From EIA-860M, August 2026.
Plants
44
Nameplate capacity
1,655 MW
Net generation, 2025
3.87 TWh
41 of 44 plants reported
Largest power plants in Santa Clara County
| # | Plant | MW | GWh, 2025 | Capacity factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metcalf Energy CenterNatural gas | 635 | 2,334 | 42.0% |
| 2 | Los Esteros Critical Energy CenterNatural gas | 306 | 157 | 5.8% |
| 3 | Donald Von Raesfeld Power PlantNatural gas | 154 | 771 | 57.2% |
| 4 | Gilroy Peaking Energy CenterNatural gas | 144 | 30.9 | 2.5% |
| 5 | Gilroy Power PlantNatural gas | 130 | 21.1 | 1.9% |
| 6 | Hummingbird Energy Storage LLCBattery storage | 75 | – | – |
| 7 | GianeraNatural gas | 65 | 15.1 | 2.7% |
| 8 | Agnews Power PlantNatural gas | 32 | 8.6 | 3.1% |
| 9 | Apple Campus 2 PVSolar | 14 | 16.2 | 12.8% |
| 10 | SJ/SC WPCPNatural gas | 14 | 83.0 | – |
| 11 | San Jose CogenerationNatural gas | 6.0 | 35.1 | 66.8% |
| 12 | EQX011 Duane Fuel CellNatural gas | 5.2 | 31.2 | 68.4% |
| 13 | Mission College Blvd. Fuel CellNatural gas | 5.0 | 36.3 | 82.9% |
| 14 | Equinix Lundy Ave. Fuel CellNatural gas | 4.9 | 30.7 | 71.5% |
| 15 | Equinix Caspian Dr. Fuel CellNatural gas | 4.8 | 38.7 | 92.0% |
| 16 | Equinix Great Oaks Blvd. Fuel CellNatural gas | 4.5 | 26.8 | 68.0% |
| 17 | Apple Campus 2 Fuel CellLandfill gas | 4.0 | 31.3 | 89.2% |
| 18 | EQX015 Great Oaks Fuel CellNatural gas | 4.0 | 31.1 | 88.7% |
| 19 | Stanford Campus SolarSolar | 3.7 | 5.8 | – |
| 20 | West Valley Mission CCD Solar ProjectSolar and battery storage | 3.6 | – | – |
| 21 | Malech Solar FarmSolar | 3.1 | 4.6 | 17.1% |
| 22 | Micro Santa ClaraNatural gas | 3.0 | 24.8 | 94.3% |
| 23 | EQX010 Great Oaks Fuel CellNatural gas | 2.4 | 19.4 | 92.3% |
| 24 | Verizon Comms Garage Top Solar ProjectSolar | 2.3 | 0.3 | – |
| 25 | Hellyer Solar FarmSolar | 2.2 | 0.2 | 1.3% |
| 26 | AGT000 Stevens Creek Fuel CellNatural gas | 2.2 | 17.4 | 90.4% |
| 27 | Google Moffett Park Solar ProjectSolar and battery storage | 2.2 | 2.5 | 18.3% |
| 28 | Gavilan Community College Solar ProjectSolar and battery storage | 1.9 | – | – |
| 29 | Guadalupe Solar FarmSolar | 1.7 | 1.4 | 9.3% |
| 30 | CSU San Jose State UniversitySolar | 1.7 | 2.1 | 14.2% |
| 31 | Sunnyvale City of WPCPBiomass | 1.6 | 7.5 | – |
| 32 | Zero Waste Energy Development Co LLCBiomass | 1.6 | 0.2 | 1.6% |
| 33 | FLEX GibraltarNatural gas | 1.5 | 8.4 | 64.1% |
| 34 | SCU000 El Camino Real Fuel CellNatural gas | 1.5 | 12.3 | 93.3% |
| 35 | AT&T HolgerNatural gas | 1.3 | 1.1 | 9.6% |
| 36 | Solar Star Palo Alto I, LLCSolar | 1.3 | 2.0 | 17.6% |
| 37 | CST001 McCarthy Fuel CellNatural gas | 1.2 | 9.0 | 85.4% |
| 38 | Kellogg's - San JoseNatural gas | 1.1 | 8.5 | 88.4% |
| 39 | MaximNatural gas | 1.1 | 6.9 | 72.1% |
| 40 | Equinix San JoseNatural gas | 1.1 | 7.0 | 72.9% |
| 41 | Intel Santa ClaraNatural gas | 1.1 | 6.9 | 71.3% |
| 42 | JSR000 N Mathilda Fuel CellNatural gas | 1.1 | 8.8 | 91.1% |
| 43 | Xilinx San JoseNatural gas | 1.0 | 8.5 | 96.6% |
| 44 | SCC - San JoseNatural gas | 1.0 | 7.5 | 86.1% |
MW is the nameplate capacity of operating generators and batteries. Source: EIA-860M August 2026, published 2026-09-24, and EIA-923 2025. Page updated 2026-10-04. Data sources
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Other counties in California
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