Dakota

Solar power plant · Stephenson County, Illinois

Nameplate capacity
5.0 MW
Rank in Illinois
#206
of 580 plants
In service since
2024
December 2024

Details

Primary fuel
Solar
Technology
Solar Photovoltaic
Operator
SunStrong Management, LLC
County
Stephenson County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.01%
Rank among solar plants in Illinois
#47 of 383
EIA plant code
67635

Generating units

Individual generating units at Dakota
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
DAKOTSolar Photovoltaic5.0 MW5.0 MW2024Operating

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 5.0 MW solar plant and a 5.0 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