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Foster Solar
Power plant · Solar
Key facts
Power plant · Solarran 15% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 2016
- Net generation, 2025
- 1,599 MWh
- Grid
- 12 kV to Massachusetts Electric Co (ISNE)
- Location
- Providence County, Rhode Island
- Operated by
- Foster Solar, LLCSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Output
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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 | 5,456 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.152 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 1,599 |
| Balancing authority code | ISNE |
Solar arrays
Solar arrays
The array area counts panels and inverters only, not buildings, fences or the whole site.
- Array area (acres)
- 8.6
- AC capacity (MW)
- 1.2
- DC capacity (MW)
- 1.2
- Mounting
- Single-axis tracking
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope Solar One Announced | Solar | 8.8 mi | 3.5 |
| KCE CT 1, LLC Announced | Storage | 9.7 mi | 45 |
| Scituate RI Solar, LLC Postponed | Solar | 10.5 mi | 10 |
| Killingly Energy Center Postponed | Gas, combined cycle | 10.5 mi | 843 |
| Pure Hedge LLC Under construction | Solar + storage | 10.6 mi | 90 |
| Putnam Meadow Solar Station Filed | Solar | 10.9 mi | 4 |
| Taft BESS Under construction | Storage | 14.4 mi | 200 |
Sources EIA-860M