Nameplate capacity
6.0 MW
Rank in Maryland
#62
of 260 plants
In service since
2021
December 2021
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Hampstead Solar, LLC
- County
- Carroll County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among solar plants in Maryland
- #30 of 209
- EIA plant code
- 65281
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOMB | Solar Photovoltaic | 6.0 MW | 6.0 MW | 2021 | 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 Maryland
| Gateway Solar | Solar | 7.6 MW |
| Blue Star | Solar | 7.5 MW |
| Church Hill | Solar | 6.0 MW |
| UE-00601MD, LLC | Natural gas | 6.0 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, August 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 6.0 MW solar plant and a 6.0 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 Maryland power plants · What Maryland actually generates