BELLEFIELD 2 SOLAR FARM
1,000 MW hybrid in Kern, CA · In queue since April 2019 · Proposed COD September 2024
1,000 MW
Capacity
2
Components
Solar + Battery
7y 1m
In Queue
IA Executed
IA Status
Signed Feb 2021
Queue → IA
1y 10m
IA → COD
3y 7m
Total Duration
1y 10m
Schedule
20 months past proposed COD
Interconnection request submitted to ISO/RTO
CAISO uses cluster studies where projects are batched annually and studied together.
Typical: 36–48 months (IR to IA)
Interconnection agreement executed — binding commitment to build
Typical: 30–60 days (negotiation)
Project under construction
Typical: 18–30 months
Proposed COD: 2024-09-01
The BELLEFIELD 2 SOLAR FARM is a proposed 1000 MW hybrid solar and battery energy storage project in Kern County, California. The development project consists of 500 MW of solar photovoltaic generation and 500 MW of battery energy storage. It is located within the CAISO region and is interconnected with Southern California Edison (SCE) at the Windhub Substation 220kV.
The project, identified as CAISO-1631 in the CAISO interconnection queue, entered the queue on April 15, 2019, and has a proposed commercial operation date of September 1, 2024. An Interconnection Agreement (IA) was executed on February 7, 2021. The BELLEFIELD 2 SOLAR FARM project has been featured in recent news coverage.
Generated from interconnection queue and public data sources
State
CA
County
Kern
Grid Region
CAISO (California)
Market
ISO/RTO Member
Developer
—
Utility
SCE
Entity
CAISO
Service Type
—
Point of Interconnection
Windhub Substation 220kV
Data Source
LBNL + Live
- ISO / RTO
- CAISO
- Trading Hub
- TH_SP15_GEN-APND
- Hub Confidence
- MEDIUM
- Nearest Node (Estimated)
- ALTA6B2_7_N003
- POI Substation
- Windhub Substation
This project's market context is estimated from its Point of Interconnection. Hub and node assignments are approximate and based on geographic inference from the POI substation name.
Last updated 2026-03-26
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