USS Clear Creek Solar
Solar power plant · Cass County, Illinois
Nameplate capacity
3.0 MW
Rank in Illinois
#278
of 580 plants
In service since
2025
November 2025
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- —
- County
- Cass County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among solar plants in Illinois
- #96 of 383
- EIA plant code
- 69921
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USSCC | Solar Photovoltaic | 3.0 MW | 3.0 MW | 2025 | 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
| Dixon Hydroelectric Dam | Hydro | 3.0 MW |
| Kishwaukee CHP Plant | Other | 3.0 MW |
| 10701 Seymour Ave East 1 CSG | Solar | 2.9 MW |
| IL - ForeFront CS (Huntley) | Solar | 2.9 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 3.0 MW solar plant and a 3.0 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