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Olive — United States of America

Gas power plant in California, United States of America. Approximate location 34.1764, -118.3147.

GasCaliforniaUnited States of AmericaSteamMothballed

Olive is a 109.7 MW gas power station in California, United States of America. It ranks #2628 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1961, it is around 65 years old — an older, legacy facility. In context, gas supplies about 40.0% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

109.7MW installed capacity

1961commissioned (~65 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0006013.

Data status

Known data

FacilityOlive WRI

CountryUnited States of America · California WRI

Coordinates34.1764, -118.3147 WRI

FuelGas WRI

MW installed capacity109.7 MW Wikidata P2109; installed/nameplate capacity

Verification noteQuality label backfilled from existing source-backed capacity provenance on 2026-07-05; capacity value was not changed. source-verified

OwnerCity of Burbank Water and Power WRI

Commissioned1961 WRI

TechnologySteam WRI

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#2628 / 10884 calculated

Fuel-specific rank in country#1114 / 2165 calculated

Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.91× · 121.2 MW · n=2165 calculated

Climate18.6°C · HDD 493 derived from coordinates

Environmental severityC4 · 41/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: Wikidata P2109; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 109.7 MW, Olive is around the median gas plant in United States of America (121.2 MW). Technically it is described as Steam. Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1114 largest gas power plant of 2165 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 2165 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 789,950 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Lake One · Gas · 60.5 MW · California
Magnolia Power Project · Gas · 387.6 MW · California
Glendale Battery Energy Storage System · Storage · 2 MW · California
Grayson · Gas · 300.9 MW · California
Greg Avenue · Hydro · 1 MW · California
North Hollywood · Hydro · 9 MW · California

Location

Coordinates 34.1764, -118.3147 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Olive?

Olive is a 109.7 MW gas power plant in California, United States of America, commissioned in 1961.

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