Rincon Solar I
Solar power plant · Effingham County, Georgia
Nameplate capacity
18 MW
Rank in Georgia
#127
of 264 plants
In service since
2016
December 2016
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- AES Distributed Energy
- County
- Effingham County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among solar plants in Georgia
- #60 of 153
- EIA plant code
- 60702
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PV1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 18 MW | 18 MW | 2016 | 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 Georgia
| SR Odom | Solar | 20 MW |
| Old Midville Solar | Solar | 20 MW |
| Solar Glynn | Solar | 18 MW |
| Stevens Creek | Hydro | 18 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 18 MW solar plant and a 18 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 Georgia power plants · What Georgia actually generates