Crescent Dunes Solar Energy
Solar power plant · Nye County, Nevada
Nameplate capacity
125 MW
Rank in Nevada
#36
of 117 plants
In service since
2015
November 2015
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Thermal with Energy Storage
- Operator
- Tonopah Solar Energy LLC
- County
- Nye County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.66%
- Rank among solar plants in Nevada
- #17 of 59
- EIA plant code
- 57275
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TSE-1 | Solar Thermal with Energy Storage | 125 MW | 110 MW | 2015 | 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
| Saguaro Power | Natural gas | 127 MW |
| Battle Mountain Solar Project | Solar | 126 MW |
| Fish Springs | Solar | 125 MW |
| Western 102 Power Plant | Natural gas | 119 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 125 MW solar plant and a 125 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