Starr Solar Ranch
Solar power plant · Starr County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
136 MW
Rank in Texas
#459
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2024
November 2024
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLC
- County
- Starr County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.07%
- Rank among solar plants in Texas
- #109 of 238
- EIA plant code
- 65975
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TXST1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 136 MW | 136 MW | 2024 | 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 Texas
| Power Island | Natural gas | 141 MW |
| Pioneer Hutt Wind Energy | Wind | 140 MW |
| Blue Summit Wind LLC | Wind | 135 MW |
| Nebula Solar | Solar | 135 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 136 MW solar plant and a 136 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 Texas power plants · What Texas actually generates