Chesapeake Solar Project
Solar power plant · Chesapeake City County, Virginia
Nameplate capacity
132 MW
Rank in Virginia
#39
of 261 plants
In service since
2023
December 2023
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Chesapeake Solar Project, LLC
- County
- Chesapeake City County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.42%
- Rank among solar plants in Virginia
- #9 of 142
- EIA plant code
- 66541
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHSP | Solar Photovoltaic | 132 MW | 118 MW | 2023 | 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
| Spring Grove Solar 2 | Solar | 150 MW |
| Colonial Trail West | Solar | 142 MW |
| Bartonsville Energy Facility, LLC | Solar | 130 MW |
| Bookers Mill Solar | Solar | 127 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 132 MW solar plant and a 132 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