Longwood Gardens— 1.3 MW Solar
Longwood Gardens is a 1.3 MW solar power plant in the United States, operated by Ecogy Pennsylvania Systems LLC since 2010. Ranked #2726 of 3289 solar plants in the United States. Its 1.3 MW accounts for 0.0032% of the total solar capacity of 40,823 MW. The largest solar plant in the United States is the Sandstone Solar Energy Project at 2,000 MW, making Longwood Gardens 1,538 times smaller. Nearby plants include PSEG Salem Generating Station (2,381.8 MW, Nuclear), Salem Nuclear Power Plant (2,381.8 MW, Nuclear), and Limerick Generating Station (2,277 MW, Nuclear). The facility is located in Pennsylvania, approximately 50 km southwest of Philadelphia.
16 years old
United States of America, North America
- 9,199. largest of 10,098 plants in United States of America
- #36,532 worldwide by installed capacity
- #9,781 of 11,042 Solar plants worldwide
16 years in operation
Solar fleet average: 10.4 years
Ecogy Pennsylvania Systems LLC operates 1 plants totalling 1 MW
258 plants within 100 km, 45,168 MW combined
Location
Zero Direct Emissions
Longwood Gardens 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 America — Energy Profile
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