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Dominion Energy has announced plans to develop multiple utility-scale solar projects in Virginia through 2020. Dominion Energy Virginia’s most recent long-term plan forecasts the potential for at least 15,900 megawatts of solar in the state over the next 15 years to meet customers' energy needs. Learn more about Dominion Energy’s recent solar and battery expansions in Virginia.
Here are both the completed and under-construction solar projects in Virginia:
Amazon Solar Farm Virginia – Arlington (Maplewood)
In October 2019, Dominion Energy announced its joint effort with the Commonwealth of Virginia to assist Virginia in meeting its renewable energy goals with the addition of four solar facilities, totaling 345 megawatts in aggregate. All facilities will be built in Dominion Energy Virginia’s service territory. Two of the planned projects are detailed below. The location of the third and fourth projects, which are expected to be 187 megawatts in aggregate, have not yet been publicly disclosed.
On July 24, 2018, Dominion Energy submitted requests to the Virginia State Corporation Commission for approval to construct and operate two large-scale solar facilities in Surry County, Virginia.
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Scout Development LLC, a subsidiary of Facebook, Inc. has committed to purchase the environmental attributes, including renewable energy certificates, associated with these proposed new renewable energy facilities under the Company’s experimental, voluntary companion tariff designated Schedule RF. Revenue associated with the sale of renewable energy certificates through Schedule RF will enhance the cost-effectiveness of these solar facilities for Dominion Energy Virginia’s customers.
Our proposed County Line Solar facility will generate up to 86 megawatts of clean electricity, enough to power up to 21,500 homes at peak output. The project is located in the southwestern portion of the County, along the Greensville/Brunswick county line, approximately 2 ½ miles north of the Virginia/North Carolina state line. The Property is currently used primarily for silviculture uses. The majority of the Property is located between Macedonia Road and Barley Road, west of Brink Road.
Our proposed Finneywood Solar facility will generate up to 97 megawatts of clean electricity.
In September 2019, Dominion Energy announced that it acquired two solar projects totaling a combined 95 megawatts from Savion LLC, a subsidiary of Macquarie's Green Investment Group. Power generated at the two sites, as well as the renewable energy credits, will go to telecommunications company T-Mobile USA, Inc., under long-term contracts, to support the company’s goal to source 100 percent renewable energy by 2021.
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Our proposed Laurel Branch Solar facility will generate up to 80 megawatts of clean electricity, enough to power up to 20,000 homes at peak output. The project is located southwest of the Town of Kenbridge in Lunenburg County, positioned between Plank Road and Sneads Store Road. It is anticipated to complete construction and be in service by the end of 2027.
Our proposed Merry Point Solar and Storage Facility will generate up to 100 MW and will include additional energy storage up to 50 MW. The facility will be set back from Mary Ball Road and Courthouse Road in Lancaster County, VA. The project will require approval from Lancaster County and the Virginia State Corporation Commission. The facility is expected to enter operations in 2026.
In April of 2019, Dominion Energy announced its joint effort with Facebook to substantially increase renewable energy generation with the addition of six new solar facilities that are dedicated to Facebook. Montross, Gloucester, and Grasshopper are located in Virginia and Gutenburg, Chestnut, and Pecan are located in northeast North Carolina.
These projects are all under a long-term renewable energy contract with Facebook.
To meet ambitious renewable energy and sustainability targets, we are exploring all types of renewable energy opportunities. One such project is our proposed Moon Corner Solar Facility, which will generate up to 60 MW. The project is sited on a timber property in Richmond County, VA, on the south side of Ridge Road along the county line with Lancaster. It will require approval from Richmond County and the Virginia State Corporation Commission and is expected to enter service in 2026.
In August 2016, Dominion Energy Virginia, the Department of the Navy, and the Commonwealth of Virginia reached an agreement to construct an 18-megawatt solar facility at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia. In March 2017, the Virginia State Corporation Commission issued its approval for the Company to construct and operate the facility, which become operational in December 2017.
The Commonwealth purchases the solar output and renewable attributes from the facility under a long-term agreement.
In exchange for the nearly 100 acres that houses the 179,000 solar panels of the ground-mounted, single-axis tracking facility, the Navy receives an alternative electric feed, which increases energy resiliency on the base. The facility is capable of producing enough electricity at peak production to power approximately 4,400 homes.
Oceana is the second solar project that Dominion Energy has collaborated on with the Navy. In December 2015, construction was completed on the Morgan’s Corner Solar Facility, a fixed-tilt 20-megawatt facility in Pasquotank County, North Carolina. The project is under a power purchase agreement with Navy. View the news release.
Our proposed Pineside Solar facility will generate up to 74.9 megawatts of electricity, enough to power just over 18,000 homes at peak output. The project will be located in the north portion of the county, along Route 20 near Bridgeport Road. If granted the necessary permits, the facility will be in service as soon as the end of 2026.
In March 2016, Dominion Energy announced plans for the Remington Solar Power Facility to be developed as a public-private partnership with the Commonwealth of Virginia and Microsoft. The facility entered service October 2017.
Our proposed Rocky Run Solar facility will generate up to 300 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 75,000 homes at peak output. The project is located on the southeastern side of Brunswick County, near Harris Crossroads and along its border with Greensville County. If granted the necessary permits, the facility is anticipated to be in service by the end of 2027.
Dominion Energy built three large-scale solar projects that began serving customers in December 2016. The projects total 56-megawatts of installed capacity. At peak output, they are capable of producing enough electricity to power about 14,000 homes.
The three projects include facilities comprised of ground-mounted single-axis tracking solar panel arrays, which are a reliable, proven technology, and expected to have an operating life of 35 years.
These facilities also created more than 800 jobs during the construction phase and $74 million in economic benefits to three counties in the Commonwealth.
View a video of the three projects located in Powhatan, Louisa and Isle of Wight counties.
Amazon Solar Farm Virginia – Accomack
Amazon Solar Farm Virginia – Arlington
Amazon Solar Farm Virginia – Buckingham
Amazon Solar Farm Virginia – New Kent
Amazon Solar Farm Virginia – Scott
Amazon Solar Farm Virginia – Sappony
Amazon Solar Farm Virginia – Southampton
AWS and Renewable Energy
The facilities are increasing the renewable energy on the electrical grid that supplies both current and future Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers located in the AWS U.S. East (Ohio) and AWS U.S. East (Northern Virginia) Regions. These projects bring the total capacity of our solar energy alliance with AWS to 260-megawatts.
AWS has publicly shared a long-term goal to achieve 100 percent renewable energy usage for its global infrastructure and has established a new target to be powered by 50 percent renewable energy by the end of 2017.
This small solar panel built on the roof of a parking garage will be a first-of-its-kind project for Richmond, Va.
Dominion Energy, the University of Virginia and its Darden School of Business have entered into an innovative solar power partnership. Under the agreement, the University and Darden will purchase the entire output of electricity produced at a new, 160-acre solar facility in King William County for the next 25 years.
The UVA Hollyfield Solar project is capable of producing an estimated 17-megawatts of alternating current, a figure representing about 12 percent of the University’s electric demand. The Darden School, as a participant in the partnership, will assume responsibility for about 25 percent of the electricity production, which will enable the school to achieve its long-term zero-carbon goal.
Dominion Energy acquired the Hollyfield Solar Project as a development asset. The facility features approximately 65,000 solar panels, enough to power about 4,250 homes at peak output. The facility entered operations in September 2018.
Dominion Energy also acquired the UVA Puller Solar Facility as a development asset. The facility features approximately 58,800 solar panels and is capable of producing an estimated 15-megawatts of alternating current, which is equivalent to about 9 percent of the University's electric demand or enough to power about 3,750 homes at peak output. The facility became operational in October 2018.
Under a 25-year agreement, the University will purchase the entire output of the 120-acre solar facility located in Middlesex County.
In total, the two sites will produce 32 megawatts of solar energy and will offset about 21 percent of the University's electric demand.
The project is sited on approximately 342 acres on the south side of River Road and east side of Eppes Falls Road.
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