Copper Mountain Solar 5, LLC
Solar power plant · Clark County, Nevada
Nameplate capacity
252 MW
Rank in Nevada
#21
of 117 plants
In service since
2021
March 2021
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- RWE Clean Energy
- County
- Clark County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 1.33%
- Rank among solar plants in Nevada
- #8 of 59
- EIA plant code
- 63504
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM5-1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 252 MW | 250 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.
Similarly sized plants in Nevada
| Silver State Solar Power South | Solar | 260 MW |
| Copper Mountain Solar 3 | Solar | 255 MW |
| Dodge Flat | Solar | 250 MW |
| Dry Lake Solar Energy Center | Solar | 250 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 252 MW solar plant and a 252 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 Nevada power plants · What Nevada actually generates