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Buddy Solar — Power plant · Solar · Cypress Creek RenewablesRowan Solar NC LLC — Postponed · Solar · NC · 2 MW · 10.5 mi awayHealing Springs Solar, LLC — Filed · Solar · NC · 55 MW · 12.8 mi away
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  • Operating
  • 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW

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Power plant · Solar

Key facts

Power plant · Solarran 16% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
2015
Net generation, 2025
5,753 MWh
Grid
23 kV to Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (DUK)
Location
Rowan County, North Carolina
Operated by
Cypress Creek RenewablesSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2015 to 2025

Operations detail

Details

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Technology
Solar source: “Solar Photovoltaic”
Age
11 years since 2015
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
AttributeValue
Gem
Unit ids
G100000814855
Location id
L100000812245
Eia plant ids
58735
Grid
Nerc region
SERC
Report year
2025
Grid voltage kv
22.90
Transmission owner
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Balancing authority code
DUK
Balancing authority name
Duke Energy Carolinas
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 202519,628
Capacity factor, 20250.164
Net generation (MWh), 20255,753
Balancing authority codeDUK

Solar array

Array area (acres)
15
AC capacity (MW)
4
DC capacity (MW)
4.7
Mounting
Fixed tilt
Site type
Greenfield
Began operating
2015

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

Timeline

  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

5 sources

Sources EIA-860M · GEM · USPVDB · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

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

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 15 mi
ProjectKindAwayMW
Rowan Solar NC LLC Postponed Solar 10.5 mi 2
Healing Springs Solar, LLC Filed Solar 12.8 mi 55

Sources EIA-860M

Sources

  • EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026

Attribution