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Kearsarge Westerly

Solar power plant · Washington County, Rhode Island

Nameplate capacity
4.0 MW
Rank in Rhode Island
#47
of 110 plants
In service since
2020
December 2020

Details

Primary fuel
Solar
Technology
Solar Photovoltaic
Operator
Kearsarge Westerly LLC
County
Washington County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.16%
Rank among solar plants in Rhode Island
#32 of 75
EIA plant code
64781

Generating units

Individual generating units at Kearsarge Westerly
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
WESSolar Photovoltaic4.0 MW4.0 MW2020Operating

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 4.0 MW solar plant and a 4.0 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 Rhode Island power plants · What Rhode Island actually generates