Providence Solar
Solar power plant · Madison County, Tennessee
Nameplate capacity
16 MW
Rank in Tennessee
#56
of 106 plants
In service since
2017
October 2017
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Providence Solar Center, LLC
- County
- Madison County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.07%
- Rank among solar plants in Tennessee
- #10 of 52
- EIA plant code
- 60337
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROV | Solar Photovoltaic | 16 MW | 16 MW | 2017 | 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
| Ocoee 1 | Hydro | 19 MW |
| Vanderbilt University Power Plant | Natural gas | 19 MW |
| SR Canadaville, LLC | Solar | 16 MW |
| Selmer I | Solar | 16 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 16 MW solar plant and a 16 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