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Rivard 1

Solar power plant · Chautauqua County, New York

Nameplate capacity
4.6 MW
Rank in New York
#583
of 1,152 plants
In service since
2023
December 2023

Details

Primary fuel
Solar
Technology
Solar Photovoltaic
Operator
Generate Capital
County
Chautauqua County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.01%
Rank among solar plants in New York
#301 of 716
EIA plant code
68804

Generating units

Individual generating units at Rivard 1
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
11011Solar Photovoltaic4.6 MW4.6 MW2023Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 4.6 MW solar plant and a 4.6 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 York power plants · What New York actually generates