Cavalier Solar
Solar power plant · Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Nameplate capacity
156 MW
Rank in Virginia
#33
of 261 plants
In service since
2024
June 2024
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- AES Clean Energy
- County
- Isle of Wight County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.49%
- Rank among solar plants in Virginia
- #4 of 142
- EIA plant code
- 67420
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAVPV | Solar Photovoltaic | 156 MW | 156 MW | 2024 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Virginia
| Highlander Solar Energy Station 1 | Solar | 165 MW |
| Covington Facility | Other | 161 MW |
| Carvers Creek Solar | Solar | 154 MW |
| Fort Powhatan Solar | Solar | 150 MW |
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 156 MW solar plant and a 156 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