Nellis Air Force Base Solar Array
Solar power plant · Clark County, Nevada
Nameplate capacity
13 MW
Rank in Nevada
#90
of 117 plants
In service since
2007
October 2007
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Solar Star NAFB LLC
- County
- Clark County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.07%
- Rank among solar plants in Nevada
- #45 of 59
- EIA plant code
- 56568
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NS2 | Solar Photovoltaic | 4.9 MW | 2.8 MW | 2007 | Operating |
| NS1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 4.6 MW | 2.6 MW | 2007 | Operating |
| NS3 | Solar Photovoltaic | 3.7 MW | 2.1 MW | 2007 | 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
| River Mountains Solar | Solar | 14 MW |
| MDU / NVSS-II | Solar | 14 MW |
| Republic Services Renewable Energy, LLC | Other | 12 MW |
| San Emidio | Other | 12 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 13 MW solar plant and a 13 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