# Highlander Solar Energy Station 1

PJM asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/highlander-solar-energy-station-1

Highlander Solar Energy Station 1, LLC - Spotsylvania County - PJM

Operating 165 MWac solar photovoltaic facility in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, entered service December 2020. Owned by Highlander Solar Energy Station 1, LLC (100% owned by AES Corporation) and operated by AES Distributed Energy. Uses crystalline-silicon photovoltaic modules on single-axis tracking systems with 200.1 MWdc net capacity. Interconnects through the 500 kV Spotsylvania Substation and sells power into the PJM wholesale market. Part of the four-phase Spotsylvania Solar Energy Center portfolio (617 MWdc total).

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 165 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 62014 — plant-62014

## Facts

- **Technology:** Solar Photovoltaic
- **Operator:** AES Distributed Energy

## Related parties

- **Owner:** Highlander Solar Energy Station 1, LLC — legal project owner
- **Developer:** sPower Development Company, LLC — original development parent
- **Investor:** FTP Power, LLC — original project parent and investor vehicle
- **EPC contractor / construction contractor:** Mortenson — EPC contractor ([source](https://www.mortenson.com))
- **Construction contractor / construction partner:** Brent Scarbrough & Company Incorporated — civil contractor
- **Equipment supplier:** First Solar — PV module manufacturer ([source](https://www.firstsolar.com))
- **Equipment supplier:** Jinko Solar — PV module manufacturer ([source](https://www.jinkosolar.com))
- **Former owner:** Fir Tree Partners — founder and former owner

## Sources

- [aimco.ca](http://aimco.ca/insights/spower-acquisition) — aimco.ca · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [scc.virginia.gov](http://scc.virginia.gov/docketsearch/DOCS/3n2s01%21.PDF) — scc.virginia.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [mbrweb.ferc.gov](https://mbrweb.ferc.gov/SearchMBRAssetAppendix/AssetAppendixDetails?AssetAppendixId=1734) — mbrweb.ferc.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [prnewswire.com](https://prnewswire.com/news-releases/fir-tree-partners-completes-sale-of-spower-the-largest-us-independent-solar-developer-to-aes-and-aimco-for-16-billion-300496781.html) — prnewswire.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Website: [Highlander Solar Energy Station 1, LLC](https://www.aes.com)

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