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Zumbro Community Solar Garden— 1 MW Solar

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The Zumbro Community Solar Garden is a key infrastructure asset in United States of America's power generation grid, located on the continent of North America. Designated as a renewable electricity generation station, the facility features an installed capacity of 1 MW. Its primary operation relies on harnessing solar energy resources to generate bulk electricity. Operational management and ownership of the facility are handled by the Zumbro Solar LLC, which oversees daily maintenance and grid dispatch integration. The facility was officially connected to the commercial grid in 2018, since which it has maintained regular output, playing a structured role in domestic power supply security. In terms of domestic production capacity within United States of America, Zumbro Community Solar Garden occupies the #2904 position among all operational solar power plants. Its 1 MW capacity represents a 0.00% share of United States of America's total installed solar generating capacity, which currently stands at 40,823 MW. The largest operational solar installation in United States of America is the Sandstone Solar Energy Project with an output of 2,000 MW, making the Zumbro Community Solar Garden approximately 2000.0 times smaller by comparison. Across all fuel types and electricity generation technologies country-wide, this facility accounts for 0.0001% of United States of America's aggregate generation capacity of 1,386,385 MW. Based on historical capacity factors characteristic of solar power plants (modeled at 18% for analysis), the facility's expected annual electricity generation is calculated at approximately 1,577 MWh. Applying domestic consumption statistics where an average household in United States of America consumes 11 MWh of electricity annually, this level of production is sufficient to meet the energy demands of roughly 143 homes. As a clean and sustainable energy project, Zumbro Community Solar Garden contributes to the direct displacement of greenhouse gases, preventing substantial quantities of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere and helping United States of America advance toward its renewable energy integration targets. The physical site of the station is located at geographic coordinates 44.3195° latitude and -92.6703° longitude. Analysis of local grid infrastructure shows a density of other assets within a 50-kilometer radius. These nearby facilities include the Prairie Island (nuclear, 1186.2 MW), the Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant (nuclear, 1186.2 MW), the Cannon Falls Energy Center (gas-fired, 346.8 MW), representing a cluster of localized power assets. This geographic placement is vital for reinforcing regional distribution infrastructure and minimizing transmission line losses across this sector of United States of America.