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EIA plant 62017

Calverton · Suffolk · NY

Riverhead Solar Farm

Operated by AES Distributed Energy

Annual generation32,942 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesSUNCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextNew York Independent System OperatorBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Riverhead Solar Farm?

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40.922992, -72.764500

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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 Photovoltaic20 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.

1970
22,066
32,801
43,129
53,413
64,615
73,559
83,603
92,864
102,836
111,759
121,327

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
1970
22,066
32,801
43,129
53,413
64,615
73,559
83,603
92,864
102,836
111,759
121,327

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1970 MWh
22,066 MWh
32,801 MWh
43,129 MWh
53,413 MWh
64,615 MWh
73,559 MWh
83,603 MWh
92,864 MWh
102,836 MWh
111,759 MWh
121,327 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
RIV1Solar PhotovoltaicSUN20OP

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EIA plant ID
62017
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, 6 has the highest recorded value (4,615 MWh) and 1 the lowest (970 MWh). Their difference is 3,645 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
RIV1Solar Photovoltaic20.020.020.0Not 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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