Pleinmont Solar 2
Solar power plant · Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Nameplate capacity
240 MW
Rank in Virginia
#29
of 261 plants
In service since
2021
August 2021
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- AES Distributed Energy
- County
- Spotsylvania County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.76%
- Rank among solar plants in Virginia
- #1 of 142
- EIA plant code
- 62013
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLNM2 | Solar Photovoltaic | 240 MW | 240 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
| John H Kerr | Hydro | 297 MW |
| Wolf Hills Energy | Natural gas | 285 MW |
| Skipjack Solar Center | Solar | 175 MW |
| Highlander Solar Energy Station 1 | Solar | 165 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 240 MW solar plant and a 240 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