Yellow Jacket— 5 MW Solar
Yellow Jacket is a 5 MW solar power plant in the United States, operated by Cypress Creek Renewables since 2018. Ranked #840 of 3,289 solar plants in the United States. Its 5 MW represents 0.01% of the United States' 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 Yellow Jacket 400 times smaller. Nearby plants within 50 km include Comanche Peak (2,430 MW, Nuclear), Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant (2,430 MW, Nuclear), and Wolf Hollow II (1,231.2 MW, Gas). The facility is located in Texas, approximately 100 km southwest of Fort Worth.
8 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
8 years in operation
Solar fleet average: 10.4 years
Cypress Creek Renewables operates 184 plants totalling 1,378 MW
23 plants within 100 km, 13,186 MW combined
Location
Zero Direct Emissions
Yellow Jacket 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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