List of power stations in Virginia explained

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Virginia. In 2022, Virginia had a total summer capacity of 29,169 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 89,477 GWh.[1] In 2023, the electrical energy generation mix was 56% natural gas, 32.3% nuclear, 5.8% solar, 3.5% biomass, 1.5% coal, 0.2% petroleum, 0.1% hydroelectric, 0.1% wind, and 0.5% other.

The Virginia Clean Economy Act of 2020 directs the construction of 16,100 MW of solar power and onshore wind and up to 5,200 MW of offshore wind by 2035, bringing the state's utility-delivered power to 100% renewable energy by 2045.[2] It will close all but two coal-fired plants by 2024, with the Virginia City and Clover plants allowed to operate until 2045, though economic conditions may close them earlier.[3]

Power stations

Name Location Fuel Capacity (MW) Notes
Altavista Power Station Biomass 51
Aria Energy Phase I & II LortonNatural gas6.4[4]
3030
Bear GardenNatural gas559
Birchwood Power Partners, L.P.King GeorgeCoal242Decommissioned
Bellemeade Power Station[5] RichmondNatural Gas, Oil267Decommissioned [6]
Bremo Power Station Bremo BluffNatural Gas (converted from coal in 2014)[7] 227 Decommissioned
Brunswick CountyNatural gas1472
Chesapeake Energy Center ChesapeakeCoal 717 Decommissioned [8] [9] [10]
Chesterfield Power Station ChesterCoal, Natural Gas 1415 [11] Coal Decommissioned [12]
Clover Power Station CloverCoal 865
Reworld Alexandria/Arlington Waste To Energy Facility AlexandriaWaste Incineration 23 [13]
DarbytownNatural gas368
DoswellNatural gas939
Elizabeth RiverNatural gas389
GordonsvilleNatural gas300
I-95 Energy Resource Recovery Facility LortonWaste Incineration 95 [14] [15]
Hopewell Power Station HopewellBiomass 51
Hopewell CogenerationNatural gas399
John H. Kerr DamBoydtonHydroelectric 297
LadysmithNatural gas893
LouisaNatural gas509
Low Moor Power Station Low MoorOil 48
Hydroelectric 1.3
Mecklenburg Power Station Coal 138 Decommissioned
Uranium 1790
Panda Stonewall Energy CenterLeesburgNatural Gas (Combined Cycle)778[16]
Hydroelectric 7
Pittsylvania Power Station Biomass 83 Decommissioned
Possum Point Power Station Natural Gas, Oil 1661 Decommissioned
RemingtonNatural gas706
656
Southampton Power Station Biomass 51
Spotsylvania SolarSpotsylvaniaSolar617[17]
Spruance Genco- Cogentrix Natural Gas [18] 240 [19]
StonewallNatural gas812
Uranium 1678
Coal 610
Yorktown Power Station Coal, Oil 1141 Decommissioned [20]
Warren County Natural gas 1472
Planned stations
Name Location Fuel Capacity (MW)YearNotes
Rocky Forge Wind Botetourt CountyWind 752021[21]
Coastal Virginia Offshore WindOffshoreWind2,640

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Electricity Profile . U.S. Energy Information Administration . 2024-07-29.
  2. Web site: Virginia Clean Economy Act clears General Assembly, aided by beefed-up ratepayer protections. Vogelsong. Sarah. 2020-03-06. Virginia Mercury. en-US. 2020-03-07.
  3. Web site: Senate removes Southwest Va. coal plant from list of Clean Economy Act closures. Vogelsong. Sarah. 2020-02-28. Virginia Mercury. en-US. 2020-03-07.
  4. https://www.ariaenergy.com/portfolio/ Unknown
  5. Web site: Bellemeade Power Station. www.dom.com. en. 2017-03-30.
  6. Web site: Dominion to retire old, coal-burning power units . Leonor . Mel . . 25 March 2019.
  7. Web site: Bremo Power Station . dominionenergy.com . 2018-07-13 . 2018-07-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180713231103/https://www.dominionenergy.com/about-us/making-energy/natural-gas/bremo-power-station . dead .
  8. Web site: Chesapeake Energy Center . 2016-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150326234651/https://www.dom.com/corporate/what-we-do/electricity/generation/fossil-fueled-power-stations/chesapeake-energy-center . 2015-03-26 . dead .
  9. Web site: Dominion sued over Chesapeake power plant . Horne . Chris . March 19, 2015 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160308052733/https://www.wavy.com/2015/03/19/dominion-sued-over-chesapeake-power-plant/ . March 8, 2016 .
  10. Web site: Norfolk District Regulatory Public Notices.
  11. Web site: Chesterfield Power Station | Dominion Energy . 2019-12-22 . 2019-12-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191222032437/https://www.dominionenergy.com/company/making-energy/coal-and-oil/chesterfield-power-station . dead .
  12. Web site: Dominion shuts down nearly 2,000 MW of coal, oil capacity in Virginia . 2023-05-31.
  13. Web site: Reworld . 2024-10-21.
  14. Web site: Energy Resource Recovery Facility | Public Works and Environmental Services.
  15. Web site: Covanta Fairfax, Inc. (CFI) - I-95 Energy/Resource Recovery Facility - 2012 SWANA Waste-to-Energy Excellence Award Nomination . 2017-02-02 . 2015-03-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150316164138/https://swana.org/Portals/0/Awards/2012Noms/Waste_To_Energy_Silver.pdf . dead .
  16. Web site: Panda Power Funds' 778-MW "Stonewall" Power Plant Enters Commercial Operations Panda Funds Online Newsroom. newsroom.pandafunds.com. en. 2017-10-13.
  17. Web site: Spotsylvania Solar Energy Project . 2023-09-25 . www.mortenson.com . en.
  18. Web site: Spruance power station.
  19. Web site: Projects :: Cogentrix Energy Power Management.
  20. Web site: PJM - Generator Deactivations. en. 2023-08-17.
  21. Web site: Virginia purchases output from Rocky Forge Wind facility. 2019-10-22. Daily Energy Insider. en-US. 2020-03-07.

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