Pierre Solar
Solar power plant · Hughes County, South Dakota
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
- County
- Hughes County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among solar plants in South Dakota
- #4 of 4
- EIA plant code
- 60686
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIERS | Solar Photovoltaic | 1.0 MW | 1.0 MW | 2016 | 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 South Dakota
| Faulkton | Other | 2.7 MW |
| State Auto Insurance | Other | 1.7 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 1.0 MW solar plant and a 1.0 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 South Dakota power plants · What South Dakota actually generates