Sunset Road Solar 3 Community Solar
Solar power plant · Macoupin County, Illinois
Nameplate capacity
5.0 MW
Rank in Illinois
#235
of 580 plants
In service since
2026
April 2026
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Sunset Road Solar 3, LLC
- County
- Macoupin County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among solar plants in Illinois
- #75 of 383
- EIA plant code
- 69231
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SR3 | Solar Photovoltaic | 5.0 MW | 5.0 MW | 2026 | 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
| South Belleville Solar, LLC | Solar | 5.0 MW |
| St. Clair Solar 5 | Solar | 5.0 MW |
| Towanda | Solar | 5.0 MW |
| USS Ducks Solar CSG | Solar | 5.0 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 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