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Altavista Solar

Solar power plant · Campbell County, Virginia

Nameplate capacity
80 MW
Rank in Virginia
#57
of 261 plants
In service since
2021
June 2021

Details

Primary fuel
Solar
Technology
Solar Photovoltaic
Operator
Altavista Solar, LLC
County
Campbell County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.25%
Rank among solar plants in Virginia
#21 of 142
EIA plant code
64019

Generating units

Individual generating units at Altavista Solar
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
ATLASolar Photovoltaic80 MW80 MW2021Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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About this data

From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 80 MW solar plant and a 80 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.

“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Virginia power plants · What Virginia actually generates