ESA Selma

Solar power plant · Johnston County, North Carolina

Nameplate capacity
1.8 MW
Rank in North Carolina
#871
of 930 plants
In service since
2015
September 2015

Details

Primary fuel
Solar
Technology
Solar Photovoltaic
Operator
SRE Utility Solar 1, LLC
County
Johnston County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.00%
Rank among solar plants in North Carolina
#729 of 758
EIA plant code
59956

Generating units

Individual generating units at ESA Selma
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
GEN02Solar Photovoltaic1.8 MW1.8 MW2015Operating

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 1.8 MW solar plant and a 1.8 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