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Nellis Air Force Base Solar Array — Power plant · Solar · Solar Star NAFB LLCVitex Storage — Filed · Storage · NV · 300 MW · 11.6 mi awayDry Lake East Energy Center — Under construction · Solar · NV · 200 MW · 14.3 mi away
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Nellis Air Force Base Solar Array

Power plant · Solar

Key facts

Power plant · Solarran 20% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
2007
Net generation, 2025
23,441 MWh
Grid
12 kV to Nevada Power Co (NEVP)
Location
Clark County, Nevada
Operated by
Solar Star NAFB LLCSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2007 to 2025

Operations detail

Details

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Technology
Solar source: “Solar Photovoltaic”
Age
19 years since 2007
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
AttributeValue
Gem
Unit ids
G100000816912, G100000816913, G100000816914
Location id
L100000814150
Eia plant ids
56568
Grid
Nerc region
WECC
Report year
2025
Grid voltage kv
12.50
Transmission owner
Nevada Power Co
Balancing authority code
NEVP
Balancing authority name
Nevada Power Company
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 202579,981
Capacity factor, 20250.203
Net generation (MWh), 202523,441
Balancing authority codeNEVP

Solar arrays

Array area (acres)
120.4
AC capacity (MW)
12
DC capacity (MW)
14
Mounting
Single-axis tracking
Site type
Hazardous-waste cleanup site (RCRA corrective action)
Began operating
2007

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
Vitex Storage Filed Storage 11.6 mi 300
Dry Lake East Energy Center Under construction Solar 14.3 mi 200

Sources EIA-860M

Sources

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

Attribution