United States

DE Solar 10240 Old Dowd Rd — 2 MW Solar

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DE Solar 10240 Old Dowd Rd is a 2 MW solar power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
2 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2010

Year online

Owner
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC

Operator

Location
35.25, -81.00

Coordinates

Insights

#8,402
largest in United States of America
#9,023
largest Solar worldwide
#34,806
largest worldwide
2010
6 yrs older than avg
32
operated by Duke Energy Carolinas…
174
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Solar
Capacity
2 MW
Commissioned
2010
Status
Operational
Owner
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC
Country
United States
Coordinates
35.246, -80.997

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
123 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
3,685 t

over ~30 yrs

Intensity
41 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

27
cars / year
16
homes / year
5,583
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

DE Solar 10240 Old Dowd Rd is a 1.9 MW solar power plant in the United States, operated by Duke Energy Carolinas LLC since 2010.

Ranked #2328 of 3289 solar plants in the United States. Its 1.9 MW represents 0.005% 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 DE Solar 10240 Old Dowd Rd 1,052.6 times smaller.

Nearby plants include McGuire Nuclear Station (2,440.6 MW, Nuclear), McGuire (2,440.6 MW, Nuclear), and Catawba Nuclear Station (2,410.2 MW, Nuclear). The facility is located in North Carolina, approximately 30 km north of Charlotte.

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