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- Size not stated
- 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW
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- Under construction
- Operating
- Size not stated
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Bernards Solar
Power plant · Solar
Key facts
Power plant · Solarran 17% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 2016
- Net generation, 2025
- 4,280 MWh
- Grid
- 12 kV to Jersey Central Power & Lt Co (PJM)
- Location
- Somerset County, New Jersey
- Operated by
- NJR Clean Energy Ventures Corporation
Output
Details
Who’s behind it
- Owner
- Bernards Solar, LLC
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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 | 14,603 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.169 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 4,280 |
| Balancing authority code | PJM |
Solar array
Solar array
The array area counts panels and inverters only, not buildings, fences or the whole site.
- Array area (acres)
- 10.6
- AC capacity (MW)
- 2.6
- DC capacity (MW)
- 3.7
- Mounting
- Fixed tilt
- Site type
- Landfill (on EPA's RE-Powering list)
- Began operating
- 2016
Ownership
2 companies2| Company | Role | Share | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NJR Clean Energy Ventures Corporation | Operator | EIA-860M | ||
| Bernards Solar, LLC | Owner | 100.0% | Dec 31, 2025 | EIA-860 |
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
6 sourcesSources EIA-860M · GEM · USPVDB · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report — Schedule 4 Owner (ownership shares per generator), plus Plant/Generator schedules
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
- EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report — Schedule 4 Owner (ownership shares per generator), plus Plant/Generator schedules
Around this plant
Nearby
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|---|---|---|---|
| 50 Meister Ave Under construction | Solar | 9.3 mi | 1.5 |
| Prologis - SLCNJ001 - Community Solar Under construction | Solar | 10.3 mi | 3.2 |
| MORGAN STANLEY DATA CENTER Built | Large load | 11.3 mi | |
| NJ 1 DATA CENTER Built | Large load | 11.3 mi | |
| FIDESSA Built | Large load | 11.3 mi | |
| BPL NJ - Belmont Under construction | Solar | 12.0 mi | 1.8 |
| EVOQUE DATA CENTER SOLUTIONS - PNJ1 Built | Large load | 12.1 mi | |
| BARCLAYS CAPITAL DATA CENTER Built | Large load | 12.1 mi | |
| EASTGREEN INC AIG DATA CENTER Built | Large load | 12.5 mi |
Sources EIA-860M · EPA ICIS-Air