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Simcoe Solar

Solar power plant · Elmore County, Idaho

Nameplate capacity
20 MW
Rank in Idaho
#66
of 155 plants
In service since
2017
March 2017

Details

Primary fuel
Solar
Technology
Solar Photovoltaic
Operator
Simcoe Solar
County
Elmore County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.30%
Rank among solar plants in Idaho
#13 of 14
EIA plant code
60748

Generating units

Individual generating units at Simcoe Solar
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
IDSSSolar Photovoltaic20 MW20 MW2017Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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