Conagra Foods at St. Elmo
Solar power plant · Fayette County, Illinois
Nameplate capacity
1.8 MW
Rank in Illinois
#529
of 580 plants
In service since
2021
January 2021
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Luminace Solar Illinois 2, LLC
- County
- Fayette County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.00%
- Rank among solar plants in Illinois
- #341 of 383
- EIA plant code
- 63830
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CFS | Solar Photovoltaic | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 2021 | Operating |
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 1.8 MW solar plant and a 1.8 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