Western Branch High School
Solar power plant · Chesapeake City County, Virginia
Nameplate capacity
1.0 MW
Rank in Virginia
#260
of 261 plants
In service since
2016
April 2016
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Virginia Electric & Power Co
- County
- Chesapeake City County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.00%
- Rank among solar plants in Virginia
- #141 of 142
- EIA plant code
- 59904
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 1.0 MW | 1.0 MW | 2016 | 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
| Radford | Hydro | 1.0 MW |
| Reston Town Center Solar 1 | Solar | 1.0 MW |
| IKEA Norfolk Rooftop PV System | Solar | 0.9 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 1.0 MW solar plant and a 1.0 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