Panoche Valley Solar Farm is a 130 megawatt (MW),[2] utility-scale solar photovoltaic power station in the Panoche Valley of Central California's San Benito County.

[6] The project site consists of 4,717 acres (1,909 ha) of private land in the northern portion of the valley.

[7] In October 2010, the San Benito County Board of Supervisors approved the company’s environmental impact report.

[8][9] Originally proposed at 399 MW, the cost was estimated at approximately $1 billion.

[10] The project faced lawsuits from three environmental groups who charged that project would harm native species such as the giant kangaroo rat, blunt-nosed leopard lizard, San Joaquin kit fox, and various bird species.