Sources of Virginia utility-scale electricity generation:
full-year 2021[1]

  Natural Gas (56.6%)
  Nuclear (29.9%)
  Solar (3.8%)
  Biomass (3.6%)
  Coal (3.3%)
  Hydroelectric (1.9%)
  Petroleum (0.3%)
  Other (0.6%)

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Virginia. In 2019, Virginia had a total summer capacity of 28,045 MW (the total capacity of all stations given below is 24,986 MW ) through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 96,828 GWh.[2] The corresponding electrical energy generation mix in 2021 was 56.6% natural gas, 29.9% nuclear, 3.8% solar, 3.6% biomass, 3.3% coal, 1.9% hydroelectric, 0.6% other, and 0.3% petroleum.[1]

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.[3] 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.[4]

Power stations

NameLocationFuelCapacity (MW)Notes
Altavista Power StationAltavistaBiomass51
Aria Energy Phase I & II Lorton Natural gas 6.4
Bath County Pumped Storage StationWarm SpringsHydroelectric - Pumped-storage3030
Bear Garden Natural gas 559
Birchwood Power Partners, L.P. King George Coal 242 Decommissioned
Bellemeade Power Station[5] Richmond Natural Gas, Oil 267 Decommissioned [6]
Bremo Power StationBremo BluffNatural Gas (converted from coal in 2014)[7]227Decommissioned
Brunswick County Natural gas 1472
Chesapeake Energy CenterChesapeakeCoal717Decommissioned [8][9][10]
Chesterfield Power StationChesterCoal, Natural Gas1415 [11]
Clover Power StationCloverCoal865
Covanta Alexandria/Arlington Waste To Energy FacilityAlexandriaWaste Incineration23[12]
Darbytown Natural gas 368
Doswell Natural gas 939
Elizabeth River Natural gas 389
Gordonsville Natural gas 300
I-95 Energy Resource Recovery FacilityLortonWaste Incineration95[13][14]
Hopewell Power StationHopewellBiomass51
Hopewell Cogeneration Natural gas 399
John H. Kerr DamBoydtonHydroelectric297
Ladysmith Natural gas 893
Louisa Natural gas 509
Low Moor Power StationLow MoorOil48
Martinsville DamMartinsvilleHydroelectric1.3
Mecklenburg Power StationClarksvilleCoal138Decommissioned
North Anna Nuclear Generating StationMineralUranium1790
Panda Stonewall Energy Center Leesburg Natural Gas (Combined Cycle) 778 [15]
Philpott DamBassettHydroelectric7
Pittsylvania Power StationHurtBiomass83Decommissioned
Possum Point Power StationDumfriesNatural Gas, Oil1661Decommissioned
Remington Natural gas 706
Smith Mountain DamSandy LevelHydroelectric - Pumped-storage656
Southampton Power StationFranklinBiomass51
Spotsylvania Solar Spotsylvania Solar 617 [16]
Spruance Genco- CogentrixRichmondNatural Gas [17]240 [18]
Stonewall Natural gas 812
Surry Nuclear Power PlantSurryUranium1678
Virginia City Hybrid Energy CenterWise CountyCoal610
Yorktown Power StationYorktownCoal, Oil1141Decommissioned [19]
Warren CountyNatural gas1472
Planned stations
NameLocationFuelCapacity (MW) YearNotes
Rocky Forge WindBotetourt CountyWind75 2021[20]
Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Offshore Wind 2,640

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors, Virginia, Fuel Type-Check all, Annual, 2001–21". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Electricity Profile". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  3. ↑ Vogelsong, Sarah (2020-03-06). "Virginia Clean Economy Act clears General Assembly, aided by beefed-up ratepayer protections". Virginia Mercury. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  4. ↑ Vogelsong, Sarah (2020-02-28). "Senate removes Southwest Va. coal plant from list of Clean Economy Act closures". Virginia Mercury. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  5. ↑ "Bellemeade Power Station". www.dom.com. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  6. ↑ "Dominion to retire old, coal-burning power units". 25 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "Bremo Power Station". Archived from the original on 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-03-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ↑ http://wavy.com/2015/03/19/dominion-sued-over-chesapeake-power-plant/
  10. ↑ "Norfolk District Regulatory Public Notices".
  11. ↑ "Chesterfield Power Station | Dominion Energy". Archived from the original on 2019-12-22. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  12. ↑ "Alexandria | Covanta".
  13. ↑ "Energy Resource Recovery Facility | Public Works and Environmental Services".
  14. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-03-16. Retrieved 2017-02-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ↑ "Panda Power Funds' 778-MW "Stonewall" Power Plant Enters Commercial Operations | Panda Funds Online Newsroom". newsroom.pandafunds.com. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  16. ↑ "Spotsylvania Solar Energy Project". www.mortenson.com. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  17. ↑ "Spruance power station".
  18. ↑ "Projects :: Cogentrix Energy Power Management".
  19. ↑ "PJM - Generator Deactivations". Retrieved 2023-08-17.
  20. ↑ "Virginia purchases output from Rocky Forge Wind facility". Daily Energy Insider. 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
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