Ft. Churchill PV
Solar power plant · Lyon County, Nevada
Nameplate capacity
20 MW
Rank in Nevada
#84
of 117 plants
In service since
2015
May 2015
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Sierra Pacific Power Co
- County
- Lyon County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.10%
- Rank among solar plants in Nevada
- #40 of 59
- EIA plant code
- 59472
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVC7 | Solar Photovoltaic | 20 MW | 20 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
| Mountain View Solar | Solar | 20 MW |
| Stillwater Solar PV II | Solar | 20 MW |
| Searchlight Solar | Solar | 18 MW |
| Galena 2 Geothermal Power Plant | Other | 17 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 20 MW solar plant and a 20 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