Power plant · Nebraska, United States
Big Elk Solar
Big Elk Solar is a planned power plant in Nebraska, United States, with 100 MW of capacity, owned by Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLC.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Nebraska | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2027 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLC | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLC | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 100 MW | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaic | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 41.4757, -96.2931 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Know more about this power plant, or want an introduction to its owner? Ask us.
How it compares
Big Elk Solar is the 2nd-largest of 2 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Nebraska and the 779th-largest of 835 in the United States by capacity; its 100 MW is <0.1% of the 282,375 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United States. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 2nd of 2 | 848 MW | 12% |
| United States | 779th of 835 | 282,375 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 848th of 3,008 | 360,526 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 2 data centers (317 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Omaha | Data center | 237 MW | Operating | 23 km |
| Meta Sarpy | Data center | 80 MW | Operating | 43 km |
Owner, operator and place
More from Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLC
- Jones City 2 Solar385 MW · under construction
- Mayapple Solar 1224 MW · permitted
- Jones City 1 Solar215 MW · under construction
- Trinity River Solar 1150 MW · planned
- Mowata Solar150 MW · planned
- Merrillville Solar100 MW · planned
Other power plants in Nebraska
- Nebraska City1,390 MW
- Gerald Gentleman1,363 MW
- Cooper Nuclear Station801 MW
- North Omaha645 MW
- Turtle Creek528 MW
- Princeton Road Station748 MW · planned
Data on this page
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI data centers, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.