Orchard Ranch Solar
Solar power plant · Ada County, Idaho
Nameplate capacity
20 MW
Rank in Idaho
#65
of 155 plants
In service since
2017
March 2017
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Orchard Ranch Solar, LLC
- County
- Ada County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.30%
- Rank among solar plants in Idaho
- #12 of 14
- EIA plant code
- 60010
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPOR | Solar Photovoltaic | 20 MW | 20 MW | 2017 | 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 Idaho
| Mt. Home Solar 1, LLC | Solar | 20 MW |
| Murphy Flat Solar | Solar | 20 MW |
| Simcoe Solar | Solar | 20 MW |
| Milner Dam Wind Park LLC | Wind | 20 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 20 MW solar plant and a 20 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 Idaho power plants · What Idaho actually generates