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GMP Solar - Williston

Solar power plant in Vermont, United States of America. Approximate location 44.4655, -73.1032.

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GMP Solar - Williston is a 5 MW solar power plant in Vermont, United States of America. It is operated by Green Mountain Power Corp. Based on reported annual generation of 7 GWh, it can supply roughly 2,057 homes. It ranks #6231 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2016, it is around 10 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, solar supplies about 8.6% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

5MW installed capacity
7GWh reported / yr
2,057homes powered
2016commissioned (~10 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0060875.

Reported generation trend

2016: 0 GWh20162017: 7 GWh20172018: 7 GWh20182019: 7 GWh20197 GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Green Mountain Power Corp. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This solar plant converts sunlight directly into electricity with photovoltaic panels. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 44.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

6.7°Cannual mean temp
4,228heating degree-days (base 18°C)
121cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
178 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -8 °CJF: -7 °CFM: -1 °CMA: 6 °CAM: 13 °CMJ: 18 °CJJ: 20 °CJA: 19 °CAS: 15 °CSO: 8 °CON: 2 °CND: -5 °CD20 °C

Heating degree-days here run 72% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 87/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Solar PV loses ~0.35%/°C above 25°C cell temperature — roughly 0.0% at warm-season highs here (estimate).

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1333 largest solar power plant of 3283 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 3283 solar power plants in this dataset, together about 37,970 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 44.4655, -73.1032 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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