ME Novel Lighthouse - Penobscot CSG
Solar power plant · Penobscot County, Maine
Nameplate capacity
3.0 MW
Rank in Maine
#209
of 274 plants
In service since
2024
September 2024
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Luminace Sunbeam Development Holdings, LLC
- County
- Penobscot County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.05%
- Rank among solar plants in Maine
- #127 of 175
- EIA plant code
- 66961
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PENOB | Solar Photovoltaic | 3.0 MW | 3.0 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 Maine
| Valley Sun Solar | Solar | 3.1 MW |
| Canton GLC Solar, LLC | Solar | 3.0 MW |
| Mechanic Street (CSG) | Solar | 3.0 MW |
| Missile Street (CSG) | Solar | 3.0 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 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 Maine power plants · What Maine actually generates