Prairie Ronde Solar Farm
Solar power plant · St Landry County, Louisiana
Nameplate capacity
135 MW
Rank in Louisiana
#37
of 98 plants
In service since
2024
November 2024
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLC
- County
- St Landry County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.46%
- Rank among solar plants in Louisiana
- #4 of 19
- EIA plant code
- 65976
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAPR1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 135 MW | 135 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 Louisiana
| PPG Riverside | Other | 162 MW |
| Elizabeth Solar Plant | Solar | 143 MW |
| New Orleans Power | Natural gas | 132 MW |
| Arsenal Hill | Natural gas | 125 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 135 MW solar plant and a 135 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 Louisiana power plants · What Louisiana actually generates