United States

Monroe Solar Facility — 55 MW Solar

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Monroe Solar Facility is a 55 MW solar power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
55 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2017

Year online

Owner
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC

Operator

Location
34.93, -80.63

Coordinates

Insights

#2,838
largest in %s
#779
largest %s worldwide
#12,769
largest worldwide
2017
%d yrs newer than avg
32
operated by %s
174
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Solar
Capacity
55 MW
Commissioned
2017
Status
Operational
Owner
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC
Country
United States
Coordinates
34.930, -80.626

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
3,530 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
105,895 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
41 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

767
cars / year
471
homes / year
160,447
trees to offset

Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator

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About this plant

Monroe Solar Facility is a 54.6 MW solar power plant in the United States, operated by Duke Energy Carolinas LLC since 2017.

Ranked #174 of 3289 solar plants in the United States. Its 54.6 MW accounts for 0.13% 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 Monroe 36.6 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Catawba (2410.2 MW, Nuclear), Catawba Nuclear Station (2410.2 MW, Nuclear), and G G Allen (1148.4 MW, Coal). The facility is located in South Carolina, approximately 40 km from Charlotte.

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