Nameplate capacity
28 MW
Rank in Maryland
#34
of 234 plants
In service since
2023
April 2023
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- MN8 Energy LLC
- County
- Charles County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.21%
- Rank among solar plants in Maryland
- #7 of 187
- EIA plant code
- 66203
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIPLY | Solar Photovoltaic | 28 MW | 28 MW | 2023 | 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
| Fairview Farms | Solar | 30 MW |
| NIH Cogeneration Facility | Natural gas | 28 MW |
| Maryland Solar | Solar | 27 MW |
| Fort Detrick Solar PV | Solar | 22 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 28 MW solar plant and a 28 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