Sweetgum Solar— 5 MW Solar
Sweetgum Solar is a 5 MW solar power plant in the United States, operated by SRE Utility Solar 1 LLC and commissioned in 2016. Ranked #840 of 3289 solar plants in the United States. Its 5 MW represents 0.01% of the country's 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 Sweetgum Solar 400 times smaller. Nearby plants include Shearon Harris (950.9 MW, Nuclear), Harris (950.9 MW, Nuclear), and Butler-Warner Generation Plant (303.4 MW, Gas). The facility is located in North Carolina, approximately 50 km southwest of Raleigh.
10 years old
United States of America, North America
- 5,828. largest of 10,098 plants in United States of America
- #28,340 worldwide by installed capacity
- #5,747 of 11,042 Solar plants worldwide
10 years in operation
Solar fleet average: 10.4 years
SRE Utility Solar 1 LLC operates 36 plants totalling 147 MW
221 plants within 100 km, 9,124 MW combined
Location
Zero Direct Emissions
Sweetgum Solar is a solar power plant producing approximately 8 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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