Green Farm

Solar power plant in North Carolina, United States of America. Approximate location 35.8317, -77.2697.

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Green Farm is a 5 MW solar power plant in North Carolina, United States of America. It is operated by Cypress Creek Renewables. Based on reported annual generation of 8 GWh, it can supply roughly 2,257 homes. It ranks #5776 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
8GWh reported / yr
2,257homes powered
2016commissioned (~10 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0059148.

Reported generation trend

2016: 8 GWh20162017: 10 GWh20172018: 7 GWh20182019: 8 GWh201910 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Cypress Creek Renewables. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This solar plant converts sunlight directly into electricity with photovoltaic panels. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 35.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

15.8°Cannual mean temp
1,618heating degree-days (base 18°C)
836cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
18 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 5 °CJF: 6 °CFM: 11 °CMA: 15 °CAM: 20 °CMJ: 24 °CJJ: 26 °CJA: 25 °CAS: 22 °CSO: 16 °CON: 12 °CND: 7 °CD26 °C

Heating degree-days here run 34% below 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: 36/100 — this site sits in the mid 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 0.4% 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 #977 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 35.8317, -77.2697 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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