Desper Solar
Solar power plant · Louisa County, Virginia
Nameplate capacity
88 MW
Rank in Virginia
#51
of 261 plants
In service since
2021
December 2021
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Dominion Renewable Energy
- County
- Louisa County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.28%
- Rank among solar plants in Virginia
- #18 of 142
- EIA plant code
- 62730
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 88 MW | 88 MW | 2021 | 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
| Southampton Solar, LLC | Solar | 100 MW |
| Spring Grove I | Solar | 98 MW |
| Buchanan Generation LLC | Natural gas | 88 MW |
| Cavalier Solar A2 | Solar | 84 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 88 MW solar plant and a 88 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