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Brookside is a 1 MW solar power plant in the United States, operated by Terraform Arcadia since 2015. Ranked #2904 of 3289 solar plants in the United States. Its 1 MW represents 0.0024% of the United States' total solar capacity of 40,823 MW. The largest solar plant in the United States is Sandstone Solar Energy Project at 2,000 MW, making Brookside 2,000 times smaller. Within 50 km, the nearest plants are Lake Road Generating Plant (840 MW, Gas) and Rhode Island State Energy Center (596 MW, Gas). The facility is located in Rhode Island, approximately 30 km southwest of Providence.

Capacity
1 MW
Commissioning Year
2015

11 years old

Owner
Terraform Arcadia
Location
41.9876°, -71.5840°

United States of America, North America

Context & rankings
  • 9,554. largest of 10,098 plants in United States of America
  • #37,569 worldwide by installed capacity
  • #10,239 of 11,042 Solar plants worldwide
Age & fleet comparison

11 years in operation

Solar fleet average: 10.4 years

Operator portfolio

Terraform Arcadia operates 52 plants totalling 111 MW

Regional density

525 plants within 100 km, 25,172 MW combined

Nearest plant: North Smithfield Solar Power 1 (1.3 km)

Location

Coordinates:: 41.987600, -71.584000
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Carbon Footprint

Zero Direct Emissions

Brookside is a solar power plant producing approximately 2 GWh of clean electricity per year with zero direct CO₂ emissions during operation.

Lifecycle emissions: ~41 g CO₂/kWh (manufacturing, transport, decommissioning)

Technical Details

Primary Fuel Type
Solar
Energy Source
Renewable
Country
United States of America
Continent
North America
Data Source
Global Power Plant Database

United States of AmericaEnergy Profile

10,098
Total Plants
1420.7 GW
Total Capacity
GasCoalNuclearWind
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