VESI Pomona

Storage power plant in California, United States of America. Approximate location 34.0594, -117.7742.

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VESI Pomona is a 20 MW storage power plant in California, United States of America. It is operated by VESI Pomona Energy Storage Inc.. Based on reported annual generation of -3 GWh, it can supply roughly -771 homes. It ranks #3817 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2017, it is around 9 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

20MW installed capacity
-3GWh reported / yr
-771homes powered
2017commissioned (~9 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0050300.

Reported generation trend

2013: 106 GWh20132014: 101 GWh20142015: 103 GWh20152016: 0 GWh20162017: 0 GWh20172018: -2 GWh20182019: -3 GWh2019106 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by VESI Pomona Energy Storage Inc..

Local climate & thermal context

This storage plant stores and releases electricity (pumped-hydro or batteries) to balance the grid. It sits in a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 34.1°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

17.6°Cannual mean temp
806heating degree-days (base 18°C)
662cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
363 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 12 °CJF: 13 °CFM: 14 °CMA: 16 °CAM: 18 °CMJ: 21 °CJJ: 24 °CJA: 24 °CAS: 23 °CSO: 19 °CON: 15 °CND: 12 °CD24 °C

Heating degree-days here run 67% 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: 24/100 — 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 #14 largest storage power plant of 104 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 104 storage power plants in this dataset, together about 816 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 34.0594, -117.7742 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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