How many solar farms are in Virginia?

Virginia has 145 operating utility-scale solar farms with 5.3 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest solar farm in Virginia?

Pleinmont Solar 2 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia is the largest, at 240 MW. It came online in 2021.

How many solar farms were built in Virginia in 2025?

20 solar farms came online in Virginia in 2025, with 548 MW of capacity.

Who is developing solar farms in Virginia?

Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

Solar farms in Virginia

Virginia has 145 operating solar farms with 5.3 GW of capacity. 20 came online in 2025.

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See planned solar farms in Virginia

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 50 MW50–249 MW250 MW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Virginia had 6 solar farms online in 2016 and 145 in 2026

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Solar farms online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest solar farms in Virginia

Operating, by capacity

#	Solar farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Pleinmont Solar 2	Spotsylvania County	2021	240 MW
2	Skipjack Solar Center	Charles City	2022	175 MW
3	Highlander Solar Energy Station 1	Spotsylvania County	2020	165 MW
4	Cavalier Solar	Isle of Wight County	2024	156 MW
5	Carvers Creek Solar	Gloucester County	2025	154 MW
6	Fort Powhatan Solar	Prince George County	2022	150 MW
7	Spring Grove Solar 2	Surry County	2025	150 MW
8	Colonial Trail West	Surry County	2019	142 MW
9	Chesapeake Solar Project	Chesapeake City	2023	132 MW
10	Bartonsville Energy Facility, LLC	Frederick County	2024	130 MW

Solar farms that came online most recently in Virginia

Newest first

#	Solar farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Keydet Solar Center	Charles City	2026	120 MW
2	Moseley Hermon Solar	Chesterfield County	2026	5 MW
3	Spring Grove Solar 2	Surry County	2025	150 MW
4	Carvers Creek Solar	Gloucester County	2025	154 MW
5	Prairie Solar (VA)	Isle of Wight County	2025	20 MW
6	Fairfax Landfill	Fairfax County	2025	5 MW
7	Pittsylvania CSG LLC	Pittsylvania County	2025	4 MW
8	North Ridge Solar	Powhatan County	2025	20 MW
9	NL VA - Dry Fork	Pittsylvania County	2025	3 MW
10	Spring Run	Hanover County	2025	3 MW

The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks solar farms

Operating solar farms come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about solar farms in Virginia

How many solar farms are in Virginia?: Virginia has 145 operating utility-scale solar farms with 5.3 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest solar farm in Virginia?: Pleinmont Solar 2 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia is the largest, at 240 MW. It came online in 2021.
How many solar farms were built in Virginia in 2025?: 20 solar farms came online in Virginia in 2025, with 548 MW of capacity.
Who is developing solar farms in Virginia?: Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.