Monterey County, California
Monterey County, California has 51 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 42 operating plants totaling 2.4 GW and 9 planned projects totaling 3.4 GW. No data center record lists the county. Battery Storage leads with 2.6 GW across 9 projects.
Monterey County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 5 of its 5 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
more planned than operating generation in Monterey County. 9 projects in the queue would add 3.4 GW to the 2.4 GW operating today, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.
Technology mix
51 projects, 5.8 GW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
42 plants operate inside Monterey County, 2.4 GW. The queue adds 3.4 GW across 9 projects, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Monterey County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Storage | Operating | 5 | 693 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 4 | 1,868.8 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 16 | 1,662.8 |
| Wind | Operating | 8 | 14.9 |
| Wind | Planned | 1 | 1,525.2 |
| Landfill Gas | Operating | 5 | 6.5 |
| Landfill Gas | Planned | 4 | 6.4 |
| Solar | Operating | 5 | 11.6 |
| Biomass | Operating | 3 | 1.8 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 782.8 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 2027 | 4 | 6.4 |
| 2028 | 0 | 0 |
| 2029 | 1 | 124.3 |
| 2030 | 0 | 0 |
| 2031 | 1 | 204.9 |
| 2032 | 0 | 0 |
| 2033 | 0 | 0 |
| 2034 | 2 | 2,282 |
Monterey County against its neighbors
Kings County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 100 MW. 5 of the 5 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings County | 1 | 9,245 | 0.04x | ||
| Fresno County | 0 | 21,505 | 0x | ||
| San Luis Obispo County | 0 | 1,709 | 0x | ||
| Monterey County this page | 0 | 3,400 | 0x | ||
| San Benito County | 0 | 225 | 0x | ||
| Santa Cruz County | 0 | 204 | 0x |
Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.
6 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
6 projects in Monterey County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Monterey County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 6 changes.
| Project | Change | Technology | MW | Previous date | New date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rows are hidden on public pages. Members see the project behind each change, its developer and the dates that moved.
Every record in Monterey County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 51 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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