Big River Solar
Solar power plant · White County, Illinois
Nameplate capacity
149 MW
Rank in Illinois
#91
of 580 plants
In service since
2022
August 2022
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Big River Solar, LLC
- County
- White County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.28%
- Rank among solar plants in Illinois
- #11 of 383
- EIA plant code
- 64637
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRS | Solar Photovoltaic | 149 MW | 149 MW | 2022 | 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 Illinois
| Tilden Solar | Solar | 150 MW |
| White Oak Energy LLC | Wind | 150 MW |
| Wolf Run Solar | Solar | 140 MW |
| Interstate | Natural gas | 139 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 149 MW solar plant and a 149 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 Illinois power plants · What Illinois actually generates