Muscle Shoals

OperatingSolar

Ranked #1 of 25 Solar plants in AL#275 of 7447 nationally

227 MW Solar operating in Colbert, AL — Tennessee Valley Authority

EIAGEMWD

227 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Solar Photovoltaic

Technology

2021

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

34.7641, -87.9193

County

Colbert, AL

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Ownership & Operator

Owner data does not fully agree across sources.

EIA typically reports the operating utility, while GEM resolves to the financial owner or parent corporation. Both can be correct.

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	Muscle Shoals Solar, LLC	Ørsted	—
Owner(s)	Muscle Shoals Solar, LLC	Ørsted	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

About

The Muscle Shoals solar plant is located in Colbert County, Alabama. The facility has a total capacity of 227 MW and began operating in 2021. It is owned by Ørsted, a company based in Denmark, and operated by Muscle Shoals Solar, LLC. The plant utilizes solar photovoltaic technology with single-axis tracking. It is the largest solar plant in Alabama out of five such facilities in the state, and ranks 174th nationally out of 639 solar plants.

In its most recent year of operation, Muscle Shoals generated 426,583 MWh of electricity, resulting in a capacity factor of 21.4%. The plant operates within the Tennessee Valley Authority balancing authority area and is located in the SERC NERC region. Financial data is available for the plant from LBNL Solar.

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Engineering & Generators