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EIA plant 62997

Spring Hope · Nash · NC

Spring Hope Solar 3, LLC

Operated by Spring Hope Solar 3, LLC

Annual generation5,560 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesSUNCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextDuke Energy Progress EastBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

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35.905578, -78.192464

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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.

1238
2315
3383
4440
5527
6874
7659
8507
9463
10483
11354
12317

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
1238
2315
3383
4440
5527
6874
7659
8507
9463
10483
11354
12317

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1238 MWh
2315 MWh
3383 MWh
4440 MWh
5527 MWh
6874 MWh
7659 MWh
8507 MWh
9463 MWh
10483 MWh
11354 MWh
12317 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
PGR09Solar PhotovoltaicSUN5OP

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EIA plant ID
62997
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 (874 MWh) and 1 the lowest (238 MWh). Their difference is 636 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
PGR09Solar 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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