Solar generation and battery storage at Fort Detrick
Fort Detrick Solar PV combines a 15.7 MW AC/18.6 MW DC fixed-tilt solar array with a 6 MW/6 MWh lithium-ion battery at the Army installation in Frederick, Maryland. Ameresco designed, built, owns, operates and maintains the project under the Army's long-term energy agreement.
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Explicit sum of the exact plant's separately reported 15.7 MW solar and 6 MW battery generators.
EIA AC/DC inventory; Ameresco rounds the AC rating to 15 MW.
EIA, Army, and supplier records.
Equipment field view for comparing module and inverter scale. Not a site map.
June 2026 preliminary EIA inventory; status OP.
Similar plants ranked by technology, capacity, and distance.
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDSBS | 6 MW 6 MW summer | Batteries Electricity used for energy storage · BA | Feb 2024 | Operating |
| FDSPV | 15.7 MW 15.7 MW summer | Solar Photovoltaic Solar · PV | Feb 2016 | Operating |
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
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Parties, market resources, and identifiers tied to this asset, with owner, operator, developer, EPC, compliance provider, and interconnecting entity roles kept separate.
Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.
Fixed-tilt crystalline-silicon photovoltaic; June 2026 preliminary EIA inventory.
Monthly generation is reported through EIA-923. Capacity factor uses the current EIA nameplate capacity and is shown only for complete calendar years.
Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.
Lithium-ion battery; June 2026 preliminary EIA inventory.
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Fort Detrick Solar PV has a reported capacity of 21.7 MW and an energy capacity of 6 MWh (June 2026 preliminary EIA inventory). Source: EIA Form 860M.
Fort Detrick Solar PV is a Fixed-tilt crystalline-silicon photovoltaic + Lithium-ion battery facility in Frederick County, MD, participating in the PJM market.
Fort Detrick Solar PV is in Frederick County, MD, inside the PJM balancing area.
Fort Detrick Solar PV is operated by Montevue Lane Solar, LLC according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.
Fort Detrick Solar PV reports a commercial operation date of 2016-02, 2024-02. Source: EIA Form 860M.
Fort Detrick Solar PV reported 20.6 GWh over the twelve months to 2024-12. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.
By capacity, Fort Detrick Solar PV ranks #1,406 of 7,234 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #12 of 186 in MD.
Plants within 25 km, nearest first, regardless of technology. Proximity is straight-line distance between mapped plant coordinates; it does not by itself establish a shared point of interconnection.