East Orange Solar
Solar power plant · Essex County, New Jersey
Nameplate capacity
4.5 MW
Rank in New Jersey
#147
of 425 plants
In service since
2015
March 2015
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- MN8 Energy LLC
- County
- Essex County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among solar plants in New Jersey
- #82 of 343
- EIA plant code
- 60727
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PV1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 4.5 MW | 4.5 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 New Jersey
| DSM Solar | Solar | 4.5 MW |
| Day Four Solar LLC | Solar | 4.5 MW |
| DRPA Woodcrest Station Solar Project | Solar | 4.4 MW |
| Junction Road | Solar | 4.4 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 4.5 MW solar plant and a 4.5 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 New Jersey power plants · What New Jersey actually generates