River Ferry Solar 1
Solar power plant · Clark County, Illinois
Nameplate capacity
165 MW
Rank in Illinois
#79
of 580 plants
In service since
2023
December 2023
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- River Ferry Solar 1, LLC
- County
- Clark County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.31%
- Rank among solar plants in Illinois
- #5 of 383
- EIA plant code
- 66820
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RVFRY | Solar Photovoltaic | 165 MW | 172 MW | 2023 | 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
| Moraine Sands Wind Power | Wind | 171 MW |
| NRG Rockford II Energy Center | Natural gas | 168 MW |
| Pioneer Trail Wind Farm, LLC | Wind | 150 MW |
| Settlers Trail Wind Farm LLC | Wind | 150 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 165 MW solar plant and a 165 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