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Black Cap Solar Plant

Solar power plant · Lake County, Oregon

Nameplate capacity
2.0 MW
Rank in Oregon
#257
of 301 plants
In service since
2012
October 2012

Details

Primary fuel
Solar
Technology
Solar Photovoltaic
Operator
PacifiCorp
County
Lake County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.01%
Rank among solar plants in Oregon
#120 of 148
EIA plant code
58150

Generating units

Individual generating units at Black Cap Solar Plant
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Solar Photovoltaic2.0 MW2.0 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 2.0 MW solar plant and a 2.0 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