Colonial Trail West
Solar power plant · Surry County, Virginia
Nameplate capacity
142 MW
Rank in Virginia
#38
of 261 plants
In service since
2019
December 2019
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Dominion Energy Inc.
- County
- Surry County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.45%
- Rank among solar plants in Virginia
- #8 of 142
- EIA plant code
- 61985
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTWS | Solar Photovoltaic | 142 MW | 142 MW | 2019 | 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
| Prospect Power BESS | Battery storage | 150 MW |
| Spring Grove Solar 2 | Solar | 150 MW |
| Chesapeake Solar Project | Solar | 132 MW |
| Bartonsville Energy Facility, LLC | Solar | 130 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 142 MW solar plant and a 142 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