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Beetle Solar
Power plant · Solar
Key facts
Power plant · Solarran 16% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 2016
- Net generation, 2025
- 5,720 MWh
- Grid
- 23 kV to Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (DUK)
- Location
- Cleveland County, North Carolina
- Operated by
- Cypress Creek RenewablesSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
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- Technology
- Solar source: “Solar Photovoltaic”
- Age
- 10 years since 2016
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Gem |
|
| Grid |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 19,517 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.163 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 5,720 |
| Balancing authority code | DUK |
Solar array
Solar array
The array area counts panels and inverters only, not buildings, fences or the whole site.
- Array area (acres)
- 14.7
- AC capacity (MW)
- 4
- DC capacity (MW)
- 4.8
- Mounting
- Fixed tilt
- Site type
- Greenfield
- Began operating
- 2016
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
5 sourcesSources EIA-860M · GEM · USPVDB · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Sources
- EIA-860M
- GEMGlobal Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- USPVDBMap services and data are available from Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory via https://energy.usgs.gov/uspvdb
- EIASource: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Around this plant
Nearby
within 15 mi| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innovative Solar 33 Postponed | Solar | 3.8 mi | 30.5 |
| James E. Rogers Energy Complex Postponed | Coal | 6.1 mi | 800 |
| High Pockets Solar Postponed | Solar | 6.3 mi | 1.9 |
| Bradley Farm Postponed | Solar | 7.3 mi | 5 |
| Shadow Solar Postponed | Solar | 9.7 mi | 3 |
| Colin Solar Postponed | Solar | 12.5 mi | 4 |
| Cleveland Cnty Generating Facility Postponed | Gas, combustion turbine | 14.0 mi | 736 |
| Shakespeare Solar Postponed | Solar | 14.1 mi | 5 |
Sources EIA-860M