Power plants in Virginia
246 operating power projects with 31,093 MW of nameplate capacity, from EIA-860M for August 2026.
Projects
246
Nameplate capacity
31,093 MW
Counties with a plant
86
Operators
113
Power markets: PJM prices
Capacity by fuel
Natural gas · 14,700 MW · 28Solar · 5,305 MW · 144Nuclear · 3,654 MW · 2Pumped storage · 3,109 MW · 1Other fuels · 1,718 MW · 44Coal · 1,561 MW · 2Hydro · 803 MW · 20Battery storage · 231 MW · 4Wind · 12 MW · 1
MW is nameplate from operating generators and batteries. Plant counts use each project's primary fuel, so a coal and gas plant counts once.
Largest power plants in Virginia
Top 50 · All 246 plants| Plant | Primary fuel | MW | County | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bath County | Pumped storage | 2,862 | Bath | Virginia Electric & Power Co |
| North Anna | Nuclear | 1,960 | Louisa | Virginia Electric & Power Co |
| Greensville County Power Station | Natural gas | 1,773 | Greensville | Virginia Electric & Power Co |
| Surry | Nuclear | 1,695 | Surry | Virginia Electric & Power Co |
| Warren County | Natural gas | 1,472 | Warren | Virginia Electric & Power Co |
| Brunswick County Power Station | Natural gas | 1,472 | Brunswick | Virginia Electric & Power Co |
| Doswell Energy Center | Natural gas | 1,313 | Hanover | Doswell Ltd Partnership |
| Tenaska Virginia Generating Station | Natural gas | 1,011 | Fluvanna | Tenaska Virginia Partners LP |
| Ladysmith | Natural gas | 893 | Caroline | Virginia Electric & Power Co |
| Clover | Coal | 848 | Halifax | Virginia Electric & Power Co |
Virginia power plants by fuel
Solar farms in Virginia144 plants · 5,305 MWBattery storage projects in Virginia5 projects · 231 MWNatural gas power plants in Virginia28 plants · 14,700 MWCoal power plants in Virginia3 plants · 1,561 MWNuclear power plants in Virginia2 plants · 3,654 MWHydroelectric power plants in Virginia20 plants · 802 MW
Newest plants in Virginia
Ordered by the month the first generator began operating.
Prospect Power BESSBattery storage · 150 MW · Rockingham County · May 2026Keydet Solar CenterSolar · 120 MW · Charles City County · March 2026Moseley Hermon SolarSolar · 5 MW · Chesterfield County · March 2026Spring Grove Solar 2Solar · 150 MW · Surry County · December 2025Prairie Solar (VA)Solar · 20 MW · Isle of Wight County · December 2025Fairfax LandfillSolar · 5 MW · Fairfax County · December 2025
Counties with the most capacity
Largest operators in Virginia
Virginia Electric & Power Co31 plants · 17,681 MW
Doswell Ltd Partnership1 plant · 1,313 MW
Appalachian Power Co8 plants · 1,176 MW
Old Dominion Electric Coop3 plants · 1,148 MW
Dominion Energy Inc.20 plants · 1,116 MW
Grouped by EIA operator name. Parent companies are not merged.
All 246 plants in Virginia, by county
Accomack County 4 plants
- Commonwealth Chesapeake Oil · 414.5 MW
- Eastern Shore Solar, LLC Solar · 80 MW
- NASA Wallops Flight Facility Solar Solar · 4.3 MW
- Tangier Oil · 2.4 MW
Albemarle County 1 plant
- Rivanna Solar Solar · 13.3 MW
Alexandria City 1 plant
- Covanta Alexandria/Arlington Energy Municipal solid waste · 29 MW
Alleghany County 2 plants
- Covington Facility Wood biomass · 160.9 MW
- Low Moor Oil · 82.8 MW
Amelia County 3 plants
- Amelia Landfill gas · 14.4 MW
- HCE Amelia Solar I, LLC Solar · 5 MW
- HCE Amelia Solar II, LLC Solar · 5 MW
Amherst County 2 plants
- Cushaw Hydro · 7.5 MW
- Amherst Solar Facility (VA) Solar · 4.9 MW
Appomattox County 1 plant
- Caden Energix Pamplin LLC Solar · 15.7 MW
Augusta County 2 plants
- Waynesboro Bridge Solar, LLC Community S Solar · 5 MW
- Augusta CSG, LLC Solar · 2.9 MW
Bath County 2 plants
- Bath County Pumped storage · 2,862 MW
- HCE Millboro Springs Solar, LLC Solar · 5 MW
Bedford County 4 plants
- Georgia-Pacific Big Island Natural gas · 7.9 MW
- Snowden Hydro · 5 MW
- Orange Street G1 Oil · 4.8 MW
- Bedford Solar (Oppidum) Solar · 3 MW
Brunswick County 2 plants
- Brunswick County Power Station Natural gas · 1,472.2 MW
- Brunswick Landfill Gas Landfill gas · 10.5 MW
Buchanan County 1 plant
- Buchanan Generation LLC Natural gas · 88 MW
Buckingham County 3 plants
- Bear Garden Natural gas · 559 MW
- Energix Buckingham, LLC Solar · 20 MW
- Buckingham Solar LLC Solar · 19.8 MW
Campbell County 4 plants
- Altavista Solar Solar · 80 MW
- Altavista Power Station Wood biomass · 71.1 MW
- Depot Solar Center, LLC Solar · 15 MW
- Reusens Hydro · 10 MW
Caroline County 1 plant
- Ladysmith Natural gas · 892.5 MW
Carroll County 3 plants
- Byllesby 2 Hydro · 21.6 MW
- River Trail Solar, LLC Solar · 20 MW
- Buck Hydro Hydro · 8.4 MW
Charles City County 3 plants
- Skipjack Solar Center Solar · 175 MW
- Keydet Solar Center Solar · 120 MW
- Charles City Landfill gas · 14.4 MW
Charlotte County 2 plants
- Twittys Creek Solar, LLC Solar · 13.8 MW
- HCE Red House Solar, LLC Solar · 5 MW
Chesapeake City 5 plants
- Chesapeake Solar Project Solar · 132 MW
- Bedford Solar (Dominion) Solar · 70 MW
- Caden Energix Hickory LLC Solar · 32 MW
- Grassfield Solar Solar · 20 MW
- Western Branch High School Solar · 1 MW
Chesapeake County 1 plant
- Chesapeake Oil · 51.1 MW
Chesterfield County 7 plants
- Chesterfield Natural gas · 446.6 MW
- Dry Bridge Storage Battery storage · 20 MW
- Chesterfield Landfill Gas Oil · 14.4 MW
- Park 500 Philip Morris USA Natural gas · 13 MW
- Moseley Hermon Solar Solar · 5 MW
- Brasfield Hydro · 2.9 MW
- Philip Morris Solar · 2 MW
Clarke County 1 plant
- Hecate Energy Clarke County LLC Solar · 10 MW
Culpeper County 1 plant
- Electric Avenue Facility Oil · 6.9 MW
Danville City 1 plant
- Danville BESS 1 Battery storage · 10.5 MW
Dinwiddie County 1 plant
- HCE Reams Solar, LLC Solar · 5 MW
Essex County 1 plant
- Essex Solar Center Solar · 20 MW
Fairfax County 4 plants
- Covanta Fairfax Energy Municipal solid waste · 124 MW
- Fairfax Landfill Solar · 5 MW
- I 95 Landfill Phase II Landfill gas · 3.2 MW
- Reston Town Center Solar 1 Solar · 1 MW
Fauquier County 3 plants
- Remington Natural gas · 705.5 MW
- Marsh Run Generation Facility Natural gas · 596.7 MW
- Remington Solar Facility Solar · 20 MW
Fluvanna County 3 plants
- Tenaska Virginia Generating Station Natural gas · 1,011.4 MW
- Palmer Solar Center Solar · 5 MW
- Cunningham Solar LLC Solar · 5 MW
Frederick County 5 plants
- Bartonsville Energy Facility, LLC Solar · 130 MW
- Foxglove Solar Solar · 75 MW
- HP Hood CT Natural gas · 15 MW
- Frederick County LFGTE Facility Landfill gas · 2 MW
- The Village at Orchard Ridge (TVOR) Solar · 1.4 MW
Giles County 1 plant
- Celanese Acetate LLC Natural gas · 27.2 MW
Gloucester County 3 plants
- Carvers Creek Solar Solar · 153.9 MW
- Winterberry Solar Solar · 20 MW
- Gloucester Solar Solar · 19.9 MW
Goochland County 1 plant
- Martin Solar Center Solar · 5 MW
Grayson County 1 plant
- Fries Hydroelectric Project Hydro · 5.4 MW
Greensville County 6 plants
- Greensville County Power Station Natural gas · 1,773.3 MW
- Sadler Solar Solar · 100 MW
- Greensville County Solar Project, LLC Solar · 80 MW
- Fountain Creek Solar Solar · 80 MW
- Meherrin Solar Solar · 59.6 MW
- Emporia Hydro · 2.5 MW
Halifax County 12 plants
- Clover Coal · 848 MW
- Foxhound Solar · 83 MW
- Piney Creek Solar Solar · 80 MW
- Water Strider Solar Solar · 80 MW
- Alton Post Office Solar Solar · 75 MW
- Powells Creek Solar - Hybrid Solar · 70 MW
- Crystal Hill Solar Solar · 64.7 MW
- Sunnybrook Solar Project - Hybrid Solar · 51 MW
- Halifax County Biomass Wood biomass · 49.9 MW
- Watlington Solar Solar · 20 MW
- Halifax CSG LLC Solar · 3.1 MW
- Halifax (VA) Hydro · 1.6 MW
Hampton City 1 plant
- Waste Management Bethel LFGTE Landfill gas · 4.8 MW
Hanover County 3 plants
- Doswell Energy Center Natural gas · 1,313 MW
- Mechanicsville Solar Solar · 25 MW
- VA - Ameresco - Mechanicsville Solar · 5 MW
Henrico County 4 plants
- Darbytown Natural gas · 368.4 MW
- Briel Solar Farm Solar · 20 MW
- Richmond Energy Landfill gas · 6.4 MW
- Henrico Landfill gas · 3.6 MW
Henry County 8 plants
- Caden Energix Axton LLC Solar · 66 MW
- Energix Leatherwood, LLC Solar · 20 MW
- Sunny Rock Solar, LLC Solar · 20 MW
- Shifting Sands Solar, LLC Solar · 18.8 MW
- Martinsville BESS Battery storage · 10.1 MW
- Green Acres (VA) Solar · 5 MW
- Martinsville Hydro · 1.3 MW
- Martinsville LFG Generator Natural gas · 1.1 MW
Highland County 1 plant
- Monterey Diesel Generation Facility Oil · 6 MW
Hopewell City 2 plants
- Hopewell Power Station Wood biomass · 71.1 MW
- Hopewell Mill Wood biomass · 47.6 MW
Isle of Wight County 7 plants
- Cavalier Solar Solar · 155.6 MW
- Cavalier Solar A2 Solar · 84.4 MW
- International Paper Franklin Mill Wood biomass · 36.1 MW
- Solidago Solar Solar · 20 MW
- Prairie Solar (VA) Solar · 20 MW
- Woodland Solar Farm Solar · 19 MW
- Nuby Run Solar, LLC Solar · 2 MW
James City County 2 plants
- Norge Solar Farm Solar · 20 MW
- Rochambeau Solar Solar · 19.9 MW
King and Queen County 1 plant
- King & Queen Landfill gas · 10.8 MW
King George County 1 plant
- Waste Management King George LFGTE Landfill gas · 13.2 MW
King William County 3 plants
- WestRock-West Point Mill Wood biomass · 96 MW
- Hollyfield Solar · 17 MW
- Energix Hollyfield, LLC Solar · 13 MW
Lancaster County 3 plants
- White Stone Ocran Solar LLC Community So Solar · 5 MW
- Sandale Solar, LLC Solar · 3 MW
- Rappahannock Solar, LLC Solar · 1.5 MW
Loudoun County 1 plant
- Potomac Energy Center, LLC Natural gas · 812 MW
Louisa County 7 plants
- North Anna Nuclear · 1,960.4 MW
- Louisa Generation Facility Natural gas · 545.7 MW
- Gordonsville Energy LP Natural gas · 300.4 MW
- Desper Solar Solar · 88.2 MW
- Whitehouse Solar Farm Solar · 20 MW
- Apple Grove Solar, LLC Solar · 18.6 MW
- Energix Aditya, LLC Solar · 11.5 MW
Mecklenburg County 4 plants
- John H Kerr Hydro · 296.8 MW
- Grasshopper Solar Solar · 80 MW
- Otter Creek Solar Solar · 60 MW
- Bluestone Solar Solar · 49.9 MW
Middlesex County 2 plants
- Puller Solar Solar · 15 MW
- Waste Management Middle Peninsula LFGTE Landfill gas · 6.4 MW
Montgomery County 1 plant
- Radford Army Ammunition Plant Natural gas · 18 MW
New Kent County 1 plant
- Correctional Solar LLC Solar · 20 MW
Norfolk City 1 plant
- IKEA Norfolk Rooftop PV System Solar · 0.9 MW
Northampton County 1 plant
- Hecate Energy Cherrydale LLC Solar · 20 MW
Orange County 1 plant
- Madison Solar (VA) Solar · 62.5 MW
Page County 2 plants
- Luray Hydro Station Hydro · 1.6 MW
- Newport Hydro Station Hydro · 1.4 MW
Patrick County 1 plant
- Pinnacles Hydro · 11.8 MW
Pittsylvania County 15 plants
- Smith Mountain Hydro · 547.5 MW
- Maplewood Solar Solar · 120 MW
- Whitehorn Solar Solar · 50 MW
- Sycamore Solar Solar · 42 MW
- Leesville Hydro · 40 MW
- Danville Farm, LLC Solar · 12 MW
- Danville Solar · 6 MW
- TPE Irish Road Solar, LLC Solar · 5 MW
- TPE Whitmell Solar, LLC Solar · 5 MW
- Schoolfield Dam Hydro · 4.5 MW
- Pittsylvania CSG LLC Solar · 3.8 MW
- HCE Roark Mill Solar, LLC Solar · 3.2 MW
- NL VA - Dry Fork Solar · 3 MW
- Monroe Solar Solar · 2.2 MW
- Danville Kentuck Road Plant Oil · 1.8 MW
Powhatan County 5 plants
- Scott Solar Farm Solar · 57 MW
- Scott-II Solar LLC Solar · 20 MW
- North Ridge Solar Solar · 20 MW
- Quillwort Solar Solar · 18 MW
- HCE Powhatan Solar, LLC Solar · 5 MW
Prince Edward County 3 plants
- Prince Edward CSG LLC Solar · 4 MW
- HCE Moran Solar, LLC Solar · 3 MW
- Elam Road Solar, LLC Solar · 3 MW
Prince George County 4 plants
- Hopewell Cogeneration Natural gas · 399 MW
- Fort Powhatan Solar Solar · 150 MW
- Caden Energix Rives Road LLC Solar · 19.7 MW
- Sebera Solar Solar · 18 MW
Prince William County 10 plants
- Possum Point Natural gas · 709 MW
- Energix Nokesville, LLC Solar · 20 MW
- Dominion/Lo Mar Oil · 19.2 MW
- VMEA 1 Credit Gen Oil · 13.2 MW
- VMEA Peaking Gen Oil · 6.4 MW
- Godwin Drive Plant Oil · 6.3 MW
- Church Street Plant Oil · 4.3 MW
- Gateway Gen Oil · 3.6 MW
- VA- US Foods- Manassas Solar · 2 MW
- Water Treatment Plant Generators Oil · 1.8 MW
Pulaski County 3 plants
Richmond City 1 plant
- Spruance Operating Services LLC Natural gas · 114.8 MW
Richmond County 3 plants
- Bookers Mill Solar Solar · 127 MW
- Northern Neck Oil · 82.8 MW
- Hemings Solar Solar · 5 MW
Roanoke County 1 plant
- Niagara Hydro · 3.6 MW
Rockbridge County 2 plants
- Fairfield Lee Solar, LLC Community Solar Solar · 5 MW
- Small Mouth Bass Solar Solar · 2.5 MW
Rockingham County 7 plants
- Prospect Power BESS Battery storage · 150 MW
- Caden Energix Endless Caverns, LLC Solar · 31.4 MW
- Mount Clinton Oil · 24 MW
- Pleasant Valley (VA) Oil · 20.5 MW
- Elkton Natural gas · 6.4 MW
- Merck Solar · 2.1 MW
- Molson Coors Shenandoah Brewery Biomass · 1.4 MW
Russell County 1 plant
- Clinch River Natural gas · 475 MW
Shenandoah County 2 plants
- Mt. Jackson Solar Solar · 15.7 MW
- Randolf Solar Solar · 3.2 MW
Southampton County 4 plants
- Southampton Solar, LLC Solar · 100 MW
- Southampton Power Station Wood biomass · 71.1 MW
- Pretlow Oil · 3.2 MW
- Downtown Oil · 3.2 MW
Spotsylvania County 4 plants
- Pleinmont Solar 2 Solar · 240 MW
- Highlander Solar Energy Station 1 Solar · 165 MW
- Pleinmont Solar 1 Solar · 75 MW
- Richmond Spider Solar Solar · 20 MW
Stafford County 1 plant
- North Stafford HS Solar · 1.3 MW
Suffolk City 3 plants
- Pleasant Hill Solar Solar · 20 MW
- Stratford Solar Center, LLC Solar · 15 MW
- TWE Myrtle Solar Farm, LLC Solar · 15 MW
Suffolk County 1 plant
- Suffolk CSG, LLC Solar · 3.8 MW
Surry County 5 plants
- Surry Nuclear · 1,695 MW
- Gravel Neck Natural gas · 407.7 MW
- Spring Grove Solar 2 Solar · 150 MW
- Colonial Trail West Solar · 142.4 MW
- Spring Grove I Solar · 97.9 MW
Sussex County 2 plants
- Waverly Solar, LLC Solar · 118 MW
- Sussex Drive, LLC Solar · 20 MW
Virginia Beach City 1 plant
- Oceana Solar Solar · 17.6 MW
Virginia Beach County 1 plant
- Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) Pi Wind · 12 MW
Warren County 2 plants
- Warren County Natural gas · 1,472.2 MW
- DG AMP Solar Front Royal Solar · 2.5 MW
Washington County 1 plant
- Wolf Hills Energy Natural gas · 285 MW
Westmoreland County 4 plants
- Montross Solar Solar · 20 MW
- Westmoreland County Solar Project Solar · 19.9 MW
- Gardy's Mill Solar Solar · 14 MW
- Springfield Solar Solar · 2 MW
Wise County 2 plants
- Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center Coal · 668 MW
- Mineral Gap Solar · 3 MW
Wythe County 2 plants
- Wythe County Solar Solar · 75 MW
- Caden Energix Wytheville LLC Solar · 20 MW
Questions about power plants in Virginia
How many power plants are in Virginia?
EIA-860M for August 2026 lists 246 operating power projects in Virginia, with 31,093 MW of nameplate capacity including batteries.
What is the largest power plant in Virginia?
Bath County in Bath County, with 2,862 MW of nameplate capacity. The next largest is North Anna, with 1,960.4 MW.
How much of Virginia's capacity is solar?
5,305 MW, about 17% of nameplate capacity. 144 projects have solar as their primary fuel.
Source: EIA-860M August 2026, published 2026-09-24. Page updated 2026-10-04. Data sources