Black Bear Solar 1
Solar power plant · Montgomery County, Alabama
Nameplate capacity
100 MW
Rank in Alabama
#39
of 80 plants
In service since
2023
February 2023
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLC
- County
- Montgomery County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.30%
- Rank among solar plants in Alabama
- #2 of 14
- EIA plant code
- 63765
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALBB1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 100 MW | 100 MW | 2023 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Alabama
| Walton Discover Power Facility | Natural gas | 103 MW |
| Millers Ferry | Hydro | 101 MW |
| Jordan Dam | Hydro | 100 MW |
| AMEA Peaking | Natural gas | 99 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 100 MW solar plant and a 100 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Alabama power plants · What Alabama actually generates