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Salem Energy Systems LLC

Other power plant · Forsyth County, North Carolina

Nameplate capacity
4.5 MW
Rank in North Carolina
#650
of 930 plants
In service since
2017
November 2017

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Landfill Gas
Operator
NextEra Renewable Fuels, LLC
County
Forsyth County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.01%
Rank among other plants in North Carolina
#24 of 69
EIA plant code
54984

Generating units

Individual generating units at Salem Energy Systems LLC
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
UNT2Landfill Gas4.5 MW3.3 MW2017Operating

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 4.5 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 North Carolina power plants · What North Carolina actually generates