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Clear Solar I, LLC

Solar power plant · Rutherford County, North Carolina

Nameplate capacity
3.6 MW
Rank in North Carolina
#687
of 930 plants
In service since
2020
September 2020

Details

Primary fuel
Solar
Technology
Solar Photovoltaic
Operator
Clear Solar I, LLC
County
Rutherford County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.01%
Rank among solar plants in North Carolina
#577 of 758
EIA plant code
65817

Generating units

Individual generating units at Clear Solar I, LLC
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
CLEA1Solar Photovoltaic3.6 MW3.6 MW2020Operating

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 3.6 MW solar plant and a 3.6 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 North Carolina power plants · What North Carolina actually generates