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Parking Lot Array

Solar power plant · Hamilton County, Ohio

Nameplate capacity
3.7 MW
Rank in Ohio
#151
of 219 plants
In service since
2011
May 2011

Details

Primary fuel
Solar
Technology
Solar Photovoltaic
Operator
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
County
Hamilton County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.01%
Rank among solar plants in Ohio
#44 of 76
EIA plant code
63294

Generating units

Individual generating units at Parking Lot Array
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
EUPVSolar Photovoltaic2.3 MW2.3 MW2024Operating
LOTPVSolar Photovoltaic1.4 MW1.3 MW2011Operating

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 3.7 MW solar plant and a 3.7 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 Ohio power plants · What Ohio actually generates