# Pleinmont Solar 2

PJM asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/pleinmont-solar-2

Pleinmont Solar 2, LLC - Spotsylvania County - PJM

Operating 240 MW solar photovoltaic facility in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, using single-axis tracking crystalline-silicon photovoltaic arrays and no energy storage. Together with Pleinmont Solar 1, it was subject to Microsoft's 315 MW energy purchase agreement announced in March 2018.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 240 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 62013 — plant-62013

## Facts

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

## Related parties

- **Owner / parent company:** AES Corporation — corporate owner and long-term owner-operator ([source](https://www.aes.com/))
- **Former owner / developer:** sPower — original developer and historical owner ([source](http://www.spower.com/))
- **Investor / equity investor:** Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) — historical parent-level co-owner of sPower
- **Offtaker / commercial participant:** Microsoft Corporation — offtaker ([source](https://www.microsoft.com/))
- **EPC contractor / construction contractor:** M. A. Mortenson Company (Mortenson) — EPC / construction contractor for the broader Spotsylvania Solar project ([source](https://www.mortenson.com/projects/spotsylvania-solar))
- **Former owner:** Fir Tree Partners — historical prior owner at parent level

## Sources

- [aimco.ca](http://aimco.ca/insights/spower-acquisition) — aimco.ca · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [news.microsoft.com](https://news.microsoft.com/source/2018/03/22/microsoft-adds-315-megawatts-of-new-solar-power-in-virginia-in-largest-corporate-solar-agreement-in-the-united-states/) — news.microsoft.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [spotsylvania.novusagenda.com](https://spotsylvania.novusagenda.com/agendapublic/AttachmentViewer.ashx?AttachmentID=12792&ItemID=5816) — spotsylvania.novusagenda.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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