LAX Rental Car Center Solar Power Plant
Los Angeles County, California · EIA plant ID 70037 · Operator: LAX Airport
Nameplate5MWSummer 5 MW
Generators1in service
Net generation—GWh12 mo
Capacity factor—no 923 generation in the last 12 months
Heat rate—thermal plants only
First online2025
Capacity factor by year
Net MWh ÷ (summer MW × hours), primary-fuel units. Each year uses that year's EIA-860 ratings; the hollow dot is the latest 12 months.
No capacity factor available.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | Solar Photovoltaic | PV | 4.8 | 4.8 | Dec 2025 | Operating | — | coming soon |
Owner / operator
Operator: LAX Airport. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
| LAX Airport | 100.0% | 5 MW |
Nearby plants
Within 80 km.
| Central Utilities Plant LAX 2 | 9 MW | 2.9 km |
| Equinix Maple Ave. Fuel Cell | 2 MW | 3.3 km |
| Equinix Douglas St. Fuel Cell | 2 MW | 3.3 km |
| El Segundo Cogen | 180 MW | 5.6 km |
| AT&T - Hawthorne | 1 MW | 5.7 km |
| Hyperion Treatment Plant CHP Plant | 33 MW | 5.8 km |