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Solar projects in North Carolina

Solar has 856 planned and operating projects tracked in North Carolina, totaling 11.9 GW. 56 are planned and 800 are operating. Duplin County leads with 44 projects and 267.5 MW. The largest is Macadamia Solar at 484 MW. Statewide, North Carolina tracks 1,313 projects across all technologies.

Data as of

The 5 largest solar projects in North Carolina
ProjectCapacity
Macadamia Solar 484 MW
Cherry Solar 180 MW
Mackeys - Creswell 115 kV 150 MW
Shawboro Solar 150 MW
Albemarle Beach Solar 140 MW
Solar in North Carolina, by county
CountyProjectsCapacity
Duplin County 44 267.5 MW
Robeson County 44 299 MW
Nash County 32 379.4 MW
Wayne County 32 210.7 MW
Johnston County 31 183.5 MW
Cleveland County 25 166.1 MW
Hertford County 20 222.5 MW
Moore County 20 49.2 MW
Columbus County 19 106.9 MW
Halifax County 19 757.9 MW
Scotland County 18 308.7 MW
Bladen County 17 423.5 MW
Northampton County 17 362.8 MW
Randolph County 17 59.4 MW
Cumberland County 16 138.6 MW
Martin County 16 123 MW
Franklin County 14 135.6 MW
Lenoir County 14 156 MW
Sampson County 14 49.7 MW
Catawba County 13 171.3 MW
Edgecombe County 13 581.5 MW
Vance County 13 107.8 MW
Wake County 13 33.6 MW
Warren County 13 314.4 MW
Wilson County 13 128.4 MW
Harnett County 12 51.7 MW
Rowan County 12 51.3 MW
Bertie County 11 485 MW
Jones County 11 275.5 MW
Richmond County 11 86.1 MW
Rutherford County 11 182.2 MW
Beaufort County 10 142.5 MW
Chatham County 10 37.7 MW
Davie County 10 112.9 MW
Montgomery County 10 125.6 MW
Washington County 10 1.8 GW
Alamance County 9 66.1 MW
Anson County 9 137.2 MW
Currituck County 9 531.4 MW
Granville County 9 42.7 MW
Greene County 9 21.9 MW
Lee County 9 38.8 MW
Pitt County 9 116.9 MW
Rockingham County 9 41.9 MW
Craven County 8 38.5 MW
Pender County 8 132.3 MW
Perquimans County 8 51.2 MW
Person County 8 102.5 MW
Yadkin County 8 103.4 MW
Guilford County 7 64.4 MW
Surry County 7 90.2 MW
Gaston County 6 128.3 MW
Onslow County 6 31.1 MW
Cabarrus County 5 111.8 MW
Davidson County 5 144 MW
Hoke County 5 59.8 MW
Stanly County 5 136.4 MW
Union County 5 74.9 MW
Buncombe County 4 19.6 MW
Camden County 4 35 MW
Caswell County 4 17.9 MW
Chowan County 4 20 MW
Durham County 4 16.5 MW
Orange County 4 18 MW
Pasquotank County 4 51.5 MW
Stokes County 4 93.4 MW
Alexander County 3 11 MW
Burke County 3 11.9 MW
Cherokee County 3 2.7 MW
Gates County 3 15 MW
Henderson County 3 7 MW
Iredell County 3 19.9 MW
Lincoln County 3 50 MW
Other counties (10) 15 228.7 MW

Source. U.S. Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860M and ISO/RTO interconnection queues, compiled by FieldProspects.