West Plains Solar I
Solar power plant · Howell County, Missouri
Nameplate capacity
8.0 MW
Rank in Missouri
#98
of 139 plants
In service since
2022
March 2022
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
- County
- Howell County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among solar plants in Missouri
- #16 of 37
- EIA plant code
- 64982
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPS1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 8.0 MW | 8.0 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 Missouri
| Marceline | Other | 8.0 MW |
| Overall Road Station | Other | 8.0 MW |
| Nixa Solar, LLC | Solar | 7.9 MW |
| Kahoka | Natural gas | 7.4 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 8.0 MW solar plant and a 8.0 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 Missouri power plants · What Missouri actually generates