University Solar, LLC
Solar power plant · Kent County, Rhode Island
Nameplate capacity
24 MW
Rank in Rhode Island
#10
of 110 plants
In service since
2019
December 2019
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- AES Distributed Energy
- County
- Kent County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.93%
- Rank among solar plants in Rhode Island
- #3 of 75
- EIA plant code
- 63668
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| URI | Solar Photovoltaic | 24 MW | 24 MW | 2019 | 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 Rhode Island
| Johnston LFG Turbine Plant | Other | 36 MW |
| Block Island Wind Farm | Wind | 30 MW |
| GD West Greenwich Nooseneck I, LLC | Solar | 20 MW |
| Toray Plastic America's CHP Plant | Natural gas | 20 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 24 MW solar plant and a 24 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