Hickory Solar
Solar power plant · Jersey County, Illinois
Nameplate capacity
110 MW
Rank in Illinois
#99
of 580 plants
In service since
2024
September 2024
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Hickory Solar LLC
- County
- Jersey County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.21%
- Rank among solar plants in Illinois
- #15 of 383
- EIA plant code
- 67786
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN01 | Solar Photovoltaic | 110 MW | 110 MW | 2024 | 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
| Bishop Hill III | Wind | 119 MW |
| Waukegan | Other | 112 MW |
| Shady Oaks Wind Farm | Wind | 110 MW |
| Shady Oaks Wind 2 | Wind | 108 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 110 MW solar plant and a 110 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