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Barren County, Kentucky

Barren County, Kentucky has 3 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 1 operating plant totaling 1 MW and 2 planned projects totaling 155 MW. No data center record lists the county. Solar leads with 155 MW across 2 projects. 1 planned project is past its listed in-service date.

Data as of Grid region: PJM InterconnectionRefreshed monthly
3
power projects, planned and operating
155MW
planned generation, 2 projects
1MW
operating generation, 1 landfill gas project
1
planned project past its listed in-service date
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Barren County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. None of its 6 neighboring counties has a page yet; their figures are in the member database.

Edmonson Monroe Warren Metcalfe Hart Barren no data centers Allen
no data center MWunder 100 MW100 to 1,000 MW1,000 to 5,000 MW5,000 to 15,000 MW15,000 MW or more no page yet

Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers

Headline finding
155times

more planned than operating generation in Barren County. 2 projects in the queue would add 155 MW to the 1 MW operating today, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.

Operating generation1 MW
Planned generation155 MW

Technology mix

3 projects, 156 MW planned and operating

Solar155 MW2 projects, 99%
Landfill Gas1 MW1 project, 1%
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Power generation in the county

1 plant operate inside Barren County, 1 MW of landfill gas. The queue adds 155 MW across 2 projects, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.

Figure 1

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Barren County

OperatingPlanned
SolarPlanned 155 MW 2 projects
Landfill GasOperating 1 MW 1 project
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
SolarPlanned2155
Landfill GasOperating11
Operating: 1 MW. Planned: 155 MW. If every planned project is built, county generation would reach 156 MW.
Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026.
Figure 2

Planned generation by listed in-service year

MW. Years before 2026 are past due.

Past dueDue 2026 or later
0255075100 Snapshot year 100 2025 55 2026
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YearPlanned projectsMW
20251100
2026155
1 project, 100 MW, was due before 2026

What changed since June 4, 2026

2 projects in Barren County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.

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0
added to a queue, 0 MW
0
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 0 MW
2
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 230 MW
0
slipped their in-service date, 0 MW

Every change in Barren County

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 2 changes.

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County: Barren County, KYSince June 4, 2026 2 changes
ProjectChangeTechnologyMWPrevious dateNew date
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Every record in Barren County

Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 3 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Barren County, KYStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 3 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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