Whitehorn Solar
Solar power plant · Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Nameplate capacity
50 MW
Rank in Virginia
#82
of 261 plants
In service since
2021
October 2021
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Whitehorn Solar, LLC
- County
- Pittsylvania County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.16%
- Rank among solar plants in Virginia
- #40 of 142
- EIA plant code
- 62959
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHIT1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 50 MW | 50 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
| Chesapeake | Other | 51 MW |
| Sunnybrook Solar Project - Hybrid | Solar | 51 MW |
| Bluestone Solar | Solar | 50 MW |
| Halifax County Biomass | Other | 50 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 50 MW solar plant and a 50 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