Power Plants in Virginia

Virginia operates 317 power plants totaling 32,763 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas dominates the mix at 50%, followed by Solar (14%) and Hydroelectric (12%). The largest plant is Bath County at 2,862 MW.

Plants317operating sites

Capacity32,763 MWnameplate

Generation92.0M MWhannual

CO₂24.4Mmetric tons/year

Natural Gas 50%Solar 14%Hydroelectric 12%Nuclear 11%Oil 5%Coal 5%Biomass 2%

Plant locations

Showing the 120 largest plants by capacity. Virginia operates another 197 plants below this size — browse the lists below to reach them.

Largest plants in Virginia

Plant	City	Fuel	Capacity
Bath County	Warm Springs	Hydroelectric	2,862 MW
North Anna	Mineral	Nuclear	1,960 MW
Greensville County Power Station	Emporia	Natural Gas	1,773 MW
Surry	Surry	Nuclear	1,695 MW
Chesterfield	Chester	Natural Gas	1,500 MW
Warren County	Front Royal	Natural Gas	1,472 MW
Brunswick County Power Station	Freeman	Natural Gas	1,472 MW
Doswell Energy Center	Ashland	Natural Gas	1,313 MW
Tenaska Virginia Generating Station	Scottsville	Natural Gas	1,011 MW
Ladysmith	Woodford	Natural Gas	893 MW
Yorktown	Yorktown	Oil	882 MW
Clover	Clover	Coal	848 MW
Potomac Energy Center, Llc	Leesburg	Natural Gas	812 MW
Possum Point	Dumfries	Natural Gas	709 MW
Remington	Remington	Natural Gas	706 MW
Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center	St. Paul	Coal	668 MW
Bear Garden	New Canton	Natural Gas	559 MW
Smith Mountain	Penhook	Hydroelectric	548 MW
Marsh Run Generation Facility	Remington	Natural Gas	513 MW
Louisa Generation Facility	Gordonsville	Natural Gas	509 MW
Clinch River	Cleveland	Natural Gas	475 MW
Gravel Neck	Surry	Natural Gas	408 MW
Commonwealth Chesapeake	New Church	Oil	403 MW
Hopewell Cogeneration	Hopewell	Natural Gas	399 MW
Elizabeth River Power Station	Chesapeake	Natural Gas	389 MW
Darbytown	Richmond	Natural Gas	368 MW
Gordonsville Energy Lp	Gordonsville	Natural Gas	300 MW
John H Kerr	Boydton	Hydroelectric	297 MW
Wolf Hills Energy	Bristol	Natural Gas	285 MW
Pleinmont Solar 2	Spotsylvania	Solar	240 MW
Skipjack Solar Center	Wayside	Solar	175 MW
Highlander Solar Energy Station 1	Spotsylvania	Solar	165 MW
Covington Facility	Covington	Natural Gas	161 MW
Cavalier Solar	Smithfield	Solar	156 MW
Fort Powhatan Solar	Disputanta	Solar	150 MW
Colonial Trail West	Spring Grove	Solar	142 MW
Chesapeake Solar Project	Chesapeake	Solar	132 MW
Bartonsville Energy Facility, Llc	Stephens	Solar	130 MW
Bookers Mill Solar	Farnham	Solar	127 MW
Covanta Fairfax Energy	Lorton	Biomass	124 MW
Maplewood Solar	Climax	Solar	120 MW
Waverly Solar, Llc	Waverly	Solar	118 MW
Spruance Operating Services Llc	Richmond	Natural Gas	115 MW
Westrock-West Point Mill	West Point	Biomass	101 MW
Southampton Solar, Llc	Newsoms	Solar	100 MW
Sadler Solar	Emporia	Solar	100 MW
Spring Grove I	Spring Grove	Solar	97.9 MW
Desper Solar	Louisa	Solar	88.2 MW
Buchanan Generation Llc	Keen Mountain	Natural Gas	88.0 MW
Cavalier Solar A2	Smithfield	Solar	84.4 MW

By county

Louisa County9 plants · 2,908 MW Bath County2 plants · 2,867 MW Surry County5 plants · 2,343 MW Greensville County7 plants · 2,095 MW Chesterfield County7 plants · 1,551 MW Brunswick County5 plants · 1,482 MW Warren County2 plants · 1,474 MW Halifax County13 plants · 1,426 MW Hanover County2 plants · 1,338 MW Fauquier County3 plants · 1,238 MW Fluvanna County4 plants · 1,021 MW Caroline County1 plants · 892 MW York County1 plants · 882 MW Pittsylvania County16 plants · 839 MW Loudoun County2 plants · 812 MW Prince William County10 plants · 785 MW Wise County3 plants · 671 MW Chesapeake City County6 plants · 643 MW Buckingham County7 plants · 598 MW Prince George County4 plants · 568 MW Accomack County8 plants · 528 MW Spotsylvania County4 plants · 500 MW Mecklenburg County5 plants · 486 MW Russell County1 plants · 475 MW Henrico County5 plants · 398 MW Isle Of Wight County9 plants · 363 MW Washington County1 plants · 285 MW Alleghany County2 plants · 243 MW Frederick County7 plants · 223 MW Richmond County5 plants · 214 MW Charles City County3 plants · 189 MW Southampton County5 plants · 181 MW Campbell County6 plants · 178 MW Sussex County2 plants · 138 MW King William County3 plants · 131 MW Fairfax County3 plants · 127 MW Hopewell City County2 plants · 118 MW Richmond City County2 plants · 114 MW Henry County9 plants · 107 MW Gloucester County3 plants · 94 MW Rockingham County10 plants · 89 MW Buchanan County1 plants · 88 MW Powhatan County5 plants · 82 MW Pulaski County5 plants · 81 MW Orange County1 plants · 62 MW Portsmouth City County1 plants · 60 MW Westmoreland County4 plants · 55 MW Chesapeake County1 plants · 51 MW Suffolk City County4 plants · 50 MW James City County2 plants · 39 MW Northampton County2 plants · 32 MW Carroll County4 plants · 30 MW Alexandria City County1 plants · 29 MW Virginia Beach City County2 plants · 28 MW Amelia County4 plants · 28 MW Giles County2 plants · 27 MW Montgomery County2 plants · 24 MW Bedford County5 plants · 22 MW Middlesex County2 plants · 21 MW Essex County1 plants · 20 MW New Kent County2 plants · 20 MW Wythe County2 plants · 20 MW Shenandoah County2 plants · 18 MW Goochland County2 plants · 15 MW Appomattox County2 plants · 15 MW Dinwiddie County3 plants · 15 MW Charlotte County4 plants · 13 MW Albemarle County1 plants · 13 MW King George County1 plants · 13 MW Amherst County3 plants · 12 MW Danville City County3 plants · 12 MW Virginia Beach County1 plants · 12 MW Patrick County1 plants · 11 MW King And Queen County1 plants · 10 MW Clarke County1 plants · 10 MW Prince Edward County3 plants · 10 MW Lancaster County3 plants · 9 MW Augusta County4 plants · 7 MW Rockbridge County2 plants · 7 MW Culpeper County2 plants · 6 MW Highland County1 plants · 6 MW Grayson County1 plants · 5 MW Salem City County3 plants · 5 MW Hampton City County1 plants · 4 MW Suffolk County1 plants · 3 MW Bristol City County1 plants · 3 MW Roanoke County1 plants · 3 MW Stafford County3 plants · 3 MW Page County2 plants · 3 MW Lynchburg City County1 plants · 1 MW Norfolk City County1 plants · 1 MW Botetourt County1 plants · 0 MW Dickenson County1 plants · 0 MW Harrisonburg City County1 plants · 0 MW Manassas City County1 plants · 0 MW