- Project Owner
- Mojave Solar, LLC - Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure
- Docket Number
- 09-AFC-05C
- Capacity
- 250 MW
- Location
- San Bernardino County
- Technology
- Solar Thermal
- Project Status
- Operational (Solar Thermal)
- Project Type
- Application for Certification
The Mojave Solar Project (MSP) is located on approximately 1,765 acres halfway between Barstow, CA and Kramer Junction, CA, and is nine miles northwest of Hinkley, CA.
The project is a nominal 275-megawatt (MW) solar electric generating facility, consisting of well-established parabolic trough technology to solar heat a heat transfer fluid (HTF). This hot HTF generates steam in solar steam generators, which expands through a steam turbine generator to produce electrical power from twin, independently operable solar fields (Alpha and Beta), each feeding a 137.5-MW power island. Each power island has a diesel engine-driven firewater pump for fire protection and a diesel engine-driven backup generator for power plant essentials. The sun provides 100 percent of the power supplied to the project through solar-thermal collectors; no supplementary fossil-based energy source (like natural gas) is used to produce electrical power.
- Construction of two new Evaporation Ponds TN 270302 Submitted 05/27/2026 (Order No 26-0526-06)
- Establish Limited Sharing of Existing and Proposed Transmission Infrastructure and Existing Onsite Well Water with Overnight Solar Project TN 265190 Submitted 07/31/2025
- Installation of New Hydrogen Generation System TN 243511 Submitted 06/13/2022 (Order No: 22-0608-4)
- Installation of New Vertical Carbon Beds TN 233312 Submitted 06/04/2020
- Construction of New Warehouse TN 231771 Submitted 01/28/2020
- Modification of Air Quality Conditions of Certification AQ-25, AQ-26, and AQ-2B TN 203381 Submitted 11/26/2014 (Order No. 14-1117-06)
- Modification of Air Quality Conditions of Certification and Power Block General ArrangementTN 202259 Submitted 04/28/2014 (Order No. 14-0422-04)
- Lower Project Emissions TN 201206 Submitted 11/14/2013
- Modification of Hazardous Materials Management Condition of Certification HAZ-7 TN 68936 Submitted 12/20/2012 (Order No. 12-1212-03)
- Modification of Biological Resources Condition of Certification BIO-7 TN 66827 Submitted 08/17/2012 (Order No. 12-0809-03)
- Attention: Non-hypertext items above will need to be requested from the Compliance Project Manager, along with the document TN number, if provided above
Attention: Non-hypertext items above will need to be requested from the Compliance Project Manager, along with the document TN number, if provided above.
Power Plant Certification and Exemption Processes
The CEC has the exclusive authority to certify all thermal power plants 50 megawatts (MW) and larger and related facilities proposed for construction in California. The Application for Certification (AFC) process is a certified regulatory program under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). As a certified regulatory program, the CEC does not prepare environmental impact reports (EIRs) in an AFC proceeding, but instead prepares environmental assessment documents that are functionally equivalent to EIRs. A certificate issued by the CEC is in lieu of any permit, certificate, or similar document otherwise required by any state, local or regional agency, or federal agency to the extent permitted by federal law, and supersedes any applicable statute, ordinance, or regulation of any state, local, or regional agency, or federal agency to the extent permitted by federal law.
Original Proceeding
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Contacts
Project Manager
Ashley Gutierrez
CME@energy.ca.gov
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916-839-0400
Public Participation Questions
Public Advisor
publicadvisor@energy.ca.gov
916-269-9595
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