Menard 1Under construction
Menard County, Illinois · EIA plant ID 69804 · Operator: ENGIE Distributed Renewables Development LLC
3 MW under construction (Solar Photovoltaic), first expected Sep 2027 · EIA-860M
Nameplate—MWSummer — MW
Generators0in service · 3 MW building
Net generation—GWh12 mo
Capacity factor—no 923 generation in the last 12 months
Heat rate—thermal plants only
First online—
Capacity factor by year
Net MWh ÷ (summer MW × hours), primary-fuel units. Each year uses that year's EIA-860 ratings; the hollow dot is the latest 12 months.
No capacity factor available.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEPV1 | Solar Photovoltaic | PV | 2.8 | 2.8 | planned Sep 2027 | Under construction | — | coming soon |
Owner / operator
Operator: ENGIE Distributed Renewables Development LLC. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
Nearby plants
Within 80 km.
| Salt Creek Township Solar, LLC | 50 MW | 10.4 km |
| Pike Creek Wind | — | 16.2 km |
| Moraine Sands Wind Power | 171 MW | 17.2 km |
| Glacier Sands Wind Power, LLC | 185 MW | 19.3 km |
| Mulligan Solar, LLC | 70 MW | 25.7 km |
| Clark Solar 2, LLC | 2 MW | 26 km |