Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center
Solar power plant · Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
Nameplate capacity
1.2 MW
Rank in Missouri
#136
of 139 plants
In service since
2021
November 2021
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Union Electric Co - (MO)
- County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among solar plants in Missouri
- #36 of 37
- EIA plant code
- 66159
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RECBJ | Solar Photovoltaic | 1.2 MW | 1.2 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.
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| Renewable Energy Center at BJH | Solar | 1.6 MW |
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| IKEA St. Louis 410 | Solar | 1.0 MW |
| KCP&L SmartGrid Innovation Park | Battery storage | 1.0 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 1.2 MW solar plant and a 1.2 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