Bear Creek Solar Center
Solar power plant · Deschutes County, Oregon
Nameplate capacity
10 MW
Rank in Oregon
#102
of 301 plants
In service since
2018
September 2018
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- GCL New Energy, Inc.
- County
- Deschutes County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.05%
- Rank among solar plants in Oregon
- #14 of 148
- EIA plant code
- 61281
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCRSC | Solar Photovoltaic | 10 MW | 10 MW | 2018 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Oregon
| Adams Solar Center | Solar | 10 MW |
| Alkali Solar, LLC | Solar | 10 MW |
| Benson Creek Windfarm (Burnt River) | Wind | 10 MW |
| Brightwood Solar, LLC | Solar | 10 MW |
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 10 MW solar plant and a 10 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 Oregon power plants · What Oregon actually generates