Butler Solar Power Project
Solar power plant · Bates County, Missouri
Nameplate capacity
2.8 MW
Rank in Missouri
#120
of 139 plants
In service since
2014
March 2014
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Missouri Jnt Muni.Pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.
- County
- Bates County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among solar plants in Missouri
- #23 of 37
- EIA plant code
- 58959
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSF1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 2.8 MW | 2.8 MW | 2014 | 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 Missouri
| Independence Solar Farm | Solar | 3.0 MW |
| Niangua | Hydro | 3.0 MW |
| Macon Solar Power Project | Solar | 2.8 MW |
| Marshall Solar Farm (MO) | Solar | 2.8 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 2.8 MW solar plant and a 2.8 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 Missouri power plants · What Missouri actually generates