Dry Lake Solar Energy Center
Solar power plant · Clark County, Nevada
Nameplate capacity
250 MW
Rank in Nevada
#23
of 117 plants
In service since
2024
May 2024
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Nevada Power Co
- County
- Clark County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 1.32%
- Rank among solar plants in Nevada
- #10 of 59
- EIA plant code
- 63933
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DLPV1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 150 MW | 150 MW | 2024 | Operating |
| DLES1 | Batteries | 100 MW | 100 MW | 2024 | 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
| Copper Mountain Solar 5, LLC | Solar | 252 MW |
| Dodge Flat | Solar | 250 MW |
| Moapa Southern Paiute | Solar | 250 MW |
| Fort Churchill | Natural gas | 230 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 250 MW solar plant and a 250 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