Kearney NPPD Solar Project
Solar power plant · Buffalo County, Nebraska
Nameplate capacity
5.8 MW
Rank in Nebraska
#78
of 138 plants
In service since
2017
December 2017
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- SoCore Energy LLC
- County
- Buffalo County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.05%
- Rank among solar plants in Nebraska
- #5 of 26
- EIA plant code
- 61884
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PV1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 5.8 MW | 5.8 MW | 2017 | 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 Nebraska
| Creston Ridge Wind Farm | Wind | 6.8 MW |
| Crete | Natural gas | 6.0 MW |
| Madison Utilities | Other | 5.8 MW |
| Red Cloud | Other | 5.7 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 5.8 MW solar plant and a 5.8 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 Nebraska power plants · What Nebraska actually generates