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Biltmore Solar Fields — Power plant · Solar · The Biltmore CompanyRiverside BESS — Postponed · Storage · NC · 5 MW · 5.6 mi awayCraggy Energy Storage — Under construction · Storage · NC · 30.5 MW · 5.7 mi awayWoodfin — Postponed · Gas, combustion turbine · NC · 45.5 MW · 6.4 mi awayAsheville BESS — Under construction · Storage · NC · 17.3 MW · 6.7 mi awayAsheville Solar — Under construction · Solar · NC · 9.5 MW · 6.8 mi away
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Biltmore Solar Fields

Power plant · Solar

Key facts

Power plant · Solarran 2% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
2012
Net generation, 2025
234 MWh
Grid
12 kV to Duke Energy Progress - (NC) (CPLW)
Location
Buncombe County, North Carolina

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2016 to 2025

Operations detail

Details

Who’s behind it

Owner
Biltmore Natural Resources, LLC, Biltmore Energy Company, LLC

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Technology
Solar source: “Solar Photovoltaic”
Age
14 years since 2012
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
AttributeValue
Gem
Unit ids
G100000814717
Location id
L100000812111
Eia plant ids
61271
Grid
Nerc region
SERC
Report year
2025
Grid voltage kv
12.50
Transmission owner
Duke Energy Progress - (NC)
Balancing authority code
CPLW
Balancing authority name
Duke Energy Progress West
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025799
Capacity factor, 20250.018
Net generation (MWh), 2025234
Balancing authority codeCPLW

Solar array

Array area (acres)
7.1
AC capacity (MW)
1.5
DC capacity (MW)
1.7
Mounting
Fixed tilt
Site type
Greenfield
Began operating
2012

Source USPVDB

Source

  • USPVDBOpen license · retrieved Oct 25, 2026Map 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

Attribution

Ownership

3 companies3
CompanyRoleShareAs ofSource
The Biltmore Company Operator EIA-860M
Biltmore Natural Resources, LLC Owner 60.0% Dec 31, 2025 EIA-860
Biltmore Energy Company, LLC Owner 40.0% Dec 31, 2025 EIA-860

Timeline

  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

6 sources

Sources 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-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026
  • GEMOpen license, with credit · retrieved Oct 26, 2026Global 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.
  • USPVDBOpen license · retrieved Oct 25, 2026Map 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
  • EIAOpen license · retrieved Nov 1, 2026Source: 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

Every source and license · Attribution

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 15 mi
ProjectKindAwayMW
Riverside BESS Postponed Storage 5.6 mi 5
Craggy Energy Storage Under construction Storage 5.7 mi 30.5
Woodfin Postponed Gas, combustion turbine 6.4 mi 45.5
Asheville BESS Under construction Storage 6.7 mi 17.3
Asheville Solar Under construction Solar 6.8 mi 9.5

Sources EIA-860M · Berkeley Lab

Sources

  • EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026
  • Berkeley LabOpen license, with credit · retrieved Nov 4, 2026Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and GridTracker, Queued Up data file (2026 edition), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: non-ISO and MISO regions only; MISO rows labelled with the date the file's queue data runs to; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary. Queued Up Data File. Copyright (c) 2026, The Regents of the University of California, through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (subject to receipt of any required approvals from the U.S. Dept. of Energy) & GridTracker.

Attribution