Dry Lake Solar Energy Center

OperatingBESSSolarHybrid

Ranked #12 of 63 Solar plants in NV#240 of 7790 nationally

250 MW Batteries (100 MW) + Solar Photovoltaic (150 MW) operating in Clark, NV — Nevada Power Company

EIAGEM

250 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

units

Hybrid (2)

Technology

Batteries + Solar Photovoltaic

2024

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

36.4259, -114.8887

County

Clark, NV

Nearby Plants

Harry Allen
Natural Gas745 MW · 1.3 km
Playa Solar 1, LLC
Solar79 MW · 2.6 km
Playa Solar 2
Solar100 MW · 2.6 km

Status

as of 21 months ago

Latest milestonecleared to begin constructionCanary Media · 2024-08-30

Expected COD2026-12Canary Media · 2024-08-30

Ownership & Operator

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	Nevada Power Co	Invenergy	—
Owner(s)	Nevada Power Co	Berkshire Hathaway	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

DeveloperNextEra Energy ResourcesCanary Media · 2024-08-30

About

Dry Lake Solar Energy Center is a 250 MW hybrid power plant located in Clark County, Nevada. The facility, which began operating in 2024, is owned by Berkshire Hathaway and operated by Nevada Power Co. It utilizes both solar photovoltaic technology with single-axis tracking and battery energy storage. The plant consists of two generators and has a battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity of 150 MWh, with a duration of 1.5 hours and lithium-ion battery chemistry.

The plant's latest annual generation was 362,301 MWh, resulting in a capacity factor of 16.5%. Dry Lake Solar Energy Center is ranked as the 13th largest solar facility out of 20 in Nevada, and 199th out of 514 nationally. The plant operates within the Nevada Power Company balancing authority and the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) NERC region. Financial data is available for the facility, sourced from LBNL Solar.

Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources

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