Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Solar
Solar power plant · Hamilton County, Tennessee
Nameplate capacity
2.5 MW
Rank in Tennessee
#94
of 106 plants
In service since
2011
December 2011
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport
- County
- Hamilton County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among solar plants in Tennessee
- #40 of 52
- EIA plant code
- 58515
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN2 | Solar Photovoltaic | 1.0 MW | 0.8 MW | 2013 | Operating |
| GEN1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 0.9 MW | 0.7 MW | 2011 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Solar Photovoltaic | 0.6 MW | 0.4 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 Tennessee
| SR Benton | Solar | 3.0 MW |
| SR Brownsville | Solar | 3.0 MW |
| SR Forked Deer | Solar | 2.5 MW |
| SR Trenton | Solar | 2.3 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 2.5 MW solar plant and a 2.5 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 Tennessee power plants · What Tennessee actually generates