Power plants in Nye County, Nevada

3 operating power plants in Nye County, Nevada, with 242 MW of nameplate capacity, largest first. From EIA-860M, August 2026.

Plants

Nameplate capacity

242 MW

Net generation, 2025

355 GWh

Largest

Crescent Dunes Solar Energy

125 MW

Largest power plants in Nye County

#	Plant	MW	2025 net generation, GWhGWh, 2025	Capacity factor	Operator
1	Crescent Dunes Solar EnergySolar	125	59.0	5.4%	Tonopah Energy Center LLC
2	Sunshine Valley SolarSolar	104	264	29.1%	EDP Renewables North America LLC
3	MDU / NVSS-IISolar	14	31.7	26.8%	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation

MW is the nameplate capacity of operating generators and batteries. Source: EIA-860M August 2026, published 2026-09-24, and EIA-923 2025. Page updated 2026-10-04. Data sources

More power plant lists for Nevada

Largest power plants in Nevada50 plants · 17,520 MW Solar farms in Nevada63 plants · 5,436 MW Battery storage projects in Nevada15 projects · 2,104 MW Natural gas power plants in Nevada16 plants · 8,995 MW Hydroelectric power plants in Nevada6 plants · 1,053 MW

Other counties in Nevada

Clark County63 plants · 13,801 MW Washoe County16 plants · 668 MW Churchill County11 plants · 778 MW Lyon County4 plants · 282 MW Storey County4 plants · 1,168 MW Humboldt County3 plants · 738 MW Lander County3 plants · 238 MW Mineral County3 plants · 90 MW

All plants in Nevada Largest power plants in the US