SAS Solar Farm
Wake County, North Carolina · EIA plant ID 56915 · Operator: SAS Institute Inc
×1 MW solar retired since 2020 (latest Dec 2025)
Nameplate2MWSummer 2 MW
Generators3in service
Net generation2GWh12 mo to Dec 2025
Capacity factor11%solar units, summer MW
Heat rate—thermal plants only
First online2010Retirement planned Oct 2030
Monthly net generation
EIA-923, all units at the plant. Net of station use; storage can go negative.
FinalPreliminary
Capacity factor by year
Net MWh ÷ (summer MW × hours), solar units. Each year uses that year's EIA-860 ratings; the hollow dot is the latest 12 months.
Heat rate by year
Electric fuel MMBtu × 1000 ÷ net MWh (Btu/kWh, HHV), fossil units only; CT + CA counted as one combined-cycle block.
Heat rate applies to fuel-burning (thermal) units only.
Annual data table
| Year | Net GWh | Capacity factor | Heat rate (Btu/kWh) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0 | 3.5% | — |
| 2009 | 1.5 | 17.6% | — |
| 2010 | 2.4 | 18.5% | — |
| 2011 | 3.6 | 18.6% | — |
| 2012 | 3.5 | 18.1% | — |
| 2013 | 3.1 | 16.3% | — |
| 2014 | 3.4 | 17.5% | — |
| 2015 | 3.3 | 18.6% | — |
| 2016 | 3.3 | 18.7% | — |
| 2017 | 3 | 17.4% | — |
| 2018 | 2.5 | 14.5% | — |
| 2019 | 1.8 | 10.5% | — |
| 2020 | 2 | 11.3% | — |
| 2021 | 1.8 | 10.4% | — |
| 2022 | 1.9 | 11.0% | — |
| 2023 | 1.7 | 9.9% | — |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 9.6% | — |
| 2025 | 1.9 | 11.2% | — |
Generators
EIA-860 (annual) with EIA-860M updates through Sep 2026. EIA-923 reports generation by plant, prime mover and fuel, not by unit, so unit-level output isn't shown.
| Gen ID | Technology | Prime mover | Nameplate MW | Summer MW | Online | Status | Planned retirement | OEM / model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Solar Photovoltaic | PV | 0.5 | 0.5 | Aug 2010 | Operating · retirement planned | Oct 2030 | coming soon |
| 4 | Solar Photovoltaic | PV | 0.5 | 0.5 | Aug 2010 | Operating · retirement planned | Oct 2030 | coming soon |
| 5 | Solar Photovoltaic | PV | 1 | 1 | Apr 2026 | Operating | — | coming soon |
| 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | PV | 0.5 | 0.5 | Dec 2008 | Retired Dec 2025 | — | coming soon |
| 2 | Solar Photovoltaic | PV | 0.5 | 0.5 | Dec 2008 | Retired Dec 2025 | — | coming soon |
Owner / operator
Operator: SAS Institute Inc. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
| SAS Institute Inc | 100.0% | 2 MW |
Nearby plants
Within 80 km.
| NCSU Cates Cogeneration Plant | 11 MW | 7.6 km |
| Century Drive Solar Farm | 1 MW | 7.8 km |
| NCSU CCUP Cogeneration Plant | 7 MW | 8.1 km |
| XPF Solar Field | 3 MW | 15.6 km |
| Creech Solar 2, LLC | 5 MW | 16.7 km |
| Wake County LFG Facility | retired | 18.1 km |