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South Cary WRF Solar Array

Solar power plant · Wake County, North Carolina

Nameplate capacity
1.5 MW
Rank in North Carolina
#901
of 930 plants
In service since
2012
December 2012

Details

Primary fuel
Solar
Technology
Solar Photovoltaic
Operator
Town Of Cary
County
Wake County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.00%
Rank among solar plants in North Carolina
#738 of 758
EIA plant code
59377

Generating units

Individual generating units at South Cary WRF Solar Array
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
CARY1Solar Photovoltaic1.5 MW1.5 MW2012Operating

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 1.5 MW solar plant and a 1.5 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