Cooperative Solar One
Solar power plant · Clark County, Kentucky
Nameplate capacity
8.5 MW
Rank in Kentucky
#43
of 63 plants
In service since
2017
November 2017
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
- County
- Clark County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among solar plants in Kentucky
- #10 of 19
- EIA plant code
- 60863
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PV1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 8.5 MW | 8.5 MW | 2017 | Operating |
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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| Calvert City | Natural gas | 27 MW |
| Paris (KY) | Other | 11 MW |
| Cox Waste to Energy | Other | 5.0 MW |
| Bavarian LFGTE | Other | 4.8 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 8.5 MW solar plant and a 8.5 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 Kentucky power plants · What Kentucky actually generates