Rincon Solar I
Effingham County, Georgia · EIA plant ID 60702 · Operator: AES Distributed Energy
Nameplate18MWSummer 18 MW
Generators1in service
Net generation24GWh12 mo to Dec 2025
Capacity factor15%solar units, summer MW
Heat rate—thermal plants only
First online2016
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | 38.3% | — |
| 2017 | 35.9 | 23.5% | — |
| 2018 | 31.9 | 20.9% | — |
| 2019 | 29.8 | 19.6% | — |
| 2020 | 31 | 19.3% | — |
| 2021 | 30.6 | 19.1% | — |
| 2022 | 31.4 | 19.6% | — |
| 2023 | 29.2 | 18.2% | — |
| 2024 | 25.2 | 15.7% | — |
| 2025 | 23.9 | 14.9% | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PV1 | Solar Photovoltaic | PV | 18.4 | 18.3 | Dec 2016 | Operating | — | coming soon |
Owner / operator
Operator: AES Distributed Energy. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
| AES Distributed Energy | 100.0% | 18 MW |
Nearby plants
Within 80 km.
| Effingham County Power Project | 597 MW | 1.7 km |
| Savannah River Mill | 140 MW | 8.9 km |
| McIntosh Combined Cycle Facility | 1,377 MW | 11.4 km |
| McIntosh Solar | 10 MW | 12.4 km |
| McIntosh | 810 MW | 13 km |
| IKEA Savannah 490 | 2 MW | 16.5 km |