Hickory Park Solar Hybrid

OperatingBESSSolarHybrid

Ranked #6 of 167 Solar plants in GA#268 of 7447 nationally

235.5 MW Batteries (40 MW) + Solar Photovoltaic (196 MW) operating in Mitchell, GA — Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans

EIAGEMWD

235.5 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

units

Hybrid (2)

Technology

Batteries + Solar Photovoltaic

2022

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

31.2697, -84.1763

County

Mitchell, GA

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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	Big Sky Wind, LLC	RWE Renewables Americas	—
Owner(s)	Big Sky Wind, LLC	RWE Renewables [100%]	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

GEM identifies the owner as RWE Renewables [100%]

This entity is not yet in the GEM ownership database — chain unavailable.

About

Hickory Park Solar Hybrid is a 235.5 MW hybrid power plant located in Mitchell County, Georgia. The plant, which began operating in 2022, is owned and operated by Big Sky Wind, LLC. It utilizes both solar photovoltaic technology and batteries, with a total of two generators. The battery energy storage system (BESS) has a capacity of 80 MWh and a duration of 2 hours, employing lithium-ion battery chemistry (LIB). The solar component uses single-axis tracking.

The plant's primary fuel is electricity (MWH). In its latest year of operation, Hickory Park Solar Hybrid generated 431,446 MWh, achieving a capacity factor of 20.9%. The plant operates within the Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans balancing authority and the SERC NERC region. It is ranked as the 4th largest of 5 solar plants in Georgia and 226th out of 514 nationally. Financial data indicates a power purchase agreement (PPA) price of $65.2 per MWh.

Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources

EIA Plant Profile Wikidata Global Energy Monitor

Engineering & Generators

Grid Context

NERC Region

SERC

Balancing Authority

Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans

Grid Voltage

230 kV

Regulatory Status

Entity Type

Independent Power Producer

Sector

IPP Non-CHP

Generation

22.4K MWh

Latest Month

431.4K MWh

Annual Generation

20.9%

Capacity Factor

Jan 2023 – Dec 2025

Financial DataBeta

Source: FERC Electric Quarterly Reports, LBNL Utility-Scale SolarHIGH

$65.2/MWh

PPA Price

Big Sky Wind, LLC

Contract Seller

Per-Unit Cost Trends

Pricing & Market Data

This plant is outside organized wholesale electricity markets (ISOs/RTOs). Nodal pricing data is not available.

News & Articles (8)Beta

Regulatory·rate case

Georgia Power updated IRP ups targets for renewable energy, battery storage

US utility Georgia Power has filed an update to its integrated resource plan (IRP) through which the company would procure an additional 4GW of renewables.

Georgia Power (other)

Energy-Storage.News·2 years ago

Grid·capacity addition

RWE’s 196MW solar, 80MWh BESS project in Georgia comes online

RWE has begun the operation of its Hickory Park project, a power plant combining 195.5MW of solar PV with 40MW/80MWh of battery storage in Georgia, US.

RWE (developer)

Energy-Storage.News·3 years ago