West Haydenville PJ Community Solar
Solar power plant · Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- AES Distributed Energy
- County
- Hampshire County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.06%
- Rank among solar plants in Massachusetts
- #12 of 531
- EIA plant code
- 64726
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHAYD | Solar Photovoltaic | 5.0 MW | 5.0 MW | 2022 | Operating |
| BESS | Batteries | 3.6 MW | 3.6 MW | 2022 | 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 Massachusetts
| Auburn Solar Project | Solar | 8.7 MW |
| Ryan Road Solar LLC Hybrid(CSG) | Battery storage | 8.6 MW |
| ZPD-PT Solar Project 2017-038 Hybrid LLC | Solar | 8.5 MW |
| 160 Tihonet Rd Hybrid(CSG) | Solar | 8.3 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 8.6 MW solar plant and a 8.6 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 Massachusetts power plants · What Massachusetts actually generates