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EIA plant 59152

Snow Hill · Greene · NC

Thornton PV1

Operated by Ecoplexus, Inc

Annual generation8,897 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesSUNCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextDuke Energy CarolinasBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

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35.395833, -77.661667

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologySolar Photovoltaic5 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

1545
2656
3762
4888
5899
6822
7931
8839
9694
10821
11534
12506

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
1545
2656
3762
4888
5899
6822
7931
8839
9694
10821
11534
12506

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1545 MWh
2656 MWh
3762 MWh
4888 MWh
5899 MWh
6822 MWh
7931 MWh
8839 MWh
9694 MWh
10821 MWh
11534 MWh
12506 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
THOR1Solar PhotovoltaicSUN5OP

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EIA plant ID
59152
Sector
IPP Non-CHP
Water source
Unavailable
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 7 has the highest recorded value (931 MWh) and 12 the lowest (506 MWh). Their difference is 425 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
THOR1Solar Photovoltaic5.05.05.0Not supplied

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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