Sky River LLC

Wind power plant in California, United States of America. Approximate location 35.2608, -118.2469.

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Sky River LLC is a 77 MW wind power plant in California, United States of America. It is operated by Sky River LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 100 GWh, it can supply roughly 28,542 homes. It ranks #2282 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1991, it is around 35 years old — long-established. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 10.3% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

77MW installed capacity
100GWh reported / yr
28,542homes powered
1991commissioned (~35 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0050536.

Reported generation trend

2013: 163 GWh20132014: 172 GWh20142015: 131 GWh20152016: 137 GWh20162017: 138 GWh20172018: 122 GWh20182019: 100 GWh2019172 GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Sky River LLC.

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 35.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

16.6°Cannual mean temp
1,445heating degree-days (base 18°C)
942cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
938 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 7 °CJF: 9 °CFM: 11 °CMA: 14 °CAM: 19 °CMJ: 24 °CJJ: 27 °CJA: 27 °CAS: 23 °CSO: 18 °CON: 11 °CND: 7 °CD27 °C

Heating degree-days here run 41% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 33/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #544 largest wind power plant of 1139 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 1139 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 104,477 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 35.2608, -118.2469 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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