8th largest plant in Virginia · 191st nationally
Doswell Energy Center is a natural gas power plant in Virginia with a nameplate capacity of 1,313 MW. It generates roughly 5.3M MWh per year — enough to power about 504,548 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 46% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 1073 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (1,313 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Doswell Energy Center |
|---|---|
| Operator | Doswell Ltd Partnership |
| City | Ashland |
| County | Hanover County |
| State | Virginia |
| ZIP | 23005 |
| Coordinates | 37.82081, -77.44625 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN7 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 187 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| GEN8 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 187 MW | Operating | 2018 |
| GEN9 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 187 MW | Operating | 2018 |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 132 MW | Operating | 1991 |
| GEN6 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 132 MW | Operating | 1992 |
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 122 MW | Operating | 1991 |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 122 MW | Operating | 1991 |
| GEN4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 122 MW | Operating | 1992 |
| GEN5 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 122 MW | Operating | 1992 |
| CO₂ | 2.8M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 15 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 757 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1073 lb/MWh |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | SERC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Pjm Interconnection, Llc |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.