Power plant · Ohio, United States
Eastern Cottontail Solar
Eastern Cottontail Solar is a planned solar power plant in Ohio, United States, with 220 MW of capacity, owned by EDF Renewables Development, Inc.
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 | Ohio | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2028 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | EDF Renewables Development, Inc. | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | EDF Renewables Development, Inc. | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 220 MW | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaic | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Ohio Power Co | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 345 kV | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 39.8442, -82.4945 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
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Eastern Cottontail Solar is the 6th-largest of 20 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Ohio and the 374th-largest of 835 in the United States by capacity; its 220 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 6th of 20 | 4,563 MW | 4.8% |
| United States | 374th of 835 | 282,375 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 694th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 38 data centers (5 operating, 1,457 MW) and 10 mines (4 operating), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saltillo Clay | Mine | — | Idle | 5.6 km |
| Data center | — | — | 21 km | |
| Google Lancaster | Data center | 137 MW | Operating | 21 km |
| Web Summit | Mine | — | Idle | 30 km |
| LCO 1 | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| Hanover Shale Pits | Mine | — | Operating | 33 km |
Owner, operator, grid operator and place
More from EDF Renewables Development, Inc.
- Lycan Solar Project800 MW · planned
- Sawtooth Solar500 MW · planned
- Bonanza Solar and Storage Project495 MW · planned
- Rock House Solar250 MW · planned
- Tracy Solar Energy Center119 MW · planned
- Voyager Storage grid connection (ERCOT 20INR0238)50.1 MW
Other power plants in Ohio
- Gavin Power, LLC2,600 MW
- Guernsey Power Station2,055 MW
- Cardinal1,880 MW
- Hanging Rock Energy Facility1,430 MW
- Perry1,312 MW
- South Field Energy1,210 MW
- Miami Fort1,181 MW
- Kyger Creek1,087 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.