Rising Tree Wind Farm II
Kern County, California · EIA plant ID 59235 · Operator: Rising Tree Wind Farm II LLC
Nameplate20MWSummer 20 MW
Generators1in service
Net generation54GWh12 mo to Dec 2025
Capacity factor31%wind units, summer MW
Heat rate—thermal plants only
First online2015
Monthly net generation
EIA-923, all units at the plant. Net of station use; storage can go negative.
FinalPreliminary
Capacity factor by year
Net MWh ÷ (summer MW × hours), wind units. Each year uses that year's EIA-860 ratings; the hollow dot is the latest 12 months.
Heat rate by year
Electric fuel MMBtu × 1000 ÷ net MWh (Btu/kWh, HHV), fossil units only; CT + CA counted as one combined-cycle block.
Heat rate applies to fuel-burning (thermal) units only.
Annual data table
| Year | Net GWh | Capacity factor | Heat rate (Btu/kWh) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 46.9 | 27.0% | — |
| 2016 | 59.2 | 34.0% | — |
| 2017 | 54.6 | 31.5% | — |
| 2018 | 57.9 | 33.4% | — |
| 2019 | 54.3 | 31.3% | — |
| 2020 | 53.2 | 30.6% | — |
| 2021 | 57.2 | 33.0% | — |
| 2022 | 52.6 | 30.3% | — |
| 2023 | 47.7 | 27.5% | — |
| 2024 | 58.7 | 33.8% | — |
| 2025 | 53.7 | 31.0% | — |
Generators
EIA-860 (annual) with EIA-860M updates through Sep 2026. EIA-923 reports generation by plant, prime mover and fuel, not by unit, so unit-level output isn't shown.
| Gen ID | Technology | Prime mover | Nameplate MW | Summer MW | Online | Status | Planned retirement | OEM / model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | WT | 19.8 | 19.8 | Jan 2015 | Operating | — | vestas V112-3.3 |
Owner / operator
Operator: Rising Tree Wind Farm II LLC. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
| Rising Tree Wind Farm II LLC | 100.0% | 20 MW |
Nearby plants
Within 80 km.
| Rising Tree Wind Farm | 79 MW | 1.7 km |
| Alta Wind X | 138 MW | 3.3 km |
| Voyager Wind IV | 22 MW | 4.1 km |
| Rising Tree Wind Farm III | 99 MW | 4.6 km |
| Pinyon Pine I | 168 MW | 5.1 km |
| Difwind Farms Ltd VI | 27 MW | 5.3 km |