Status of Solar Energy Development in Virginia
Status of Solar Energy Development in Virginia
Status of Solar Energy
Development in Virginia
Ken Jurman
Virginia Department of
Mines, Minerals and Energy
Customer‐Owned Solar
(Net Metering)
30
27.3
25
22.2
20
Megawatts
15
13.8
10 9.9
8.5
5.8
5
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Large‐Scale Solar Development
Utility‐Scale Projects Owned by DVP or Dominion Energy
System Owner Location Capacity (MW)
Dominion ‐ Scott Solar* Powhatan County 17
Dominion ‐ Whitehouse Solar* Louisa County 20
Dominion ‐ Woodland Solar Center* Isle of Wight County 19
Remington (energy only to COV) Fauquier County 20
Dominion Energy ‐ Amazon Solar Farm US East** Accomack County 80
Naval Air Station Oceana (energy & RECs to COV) Virginia Beach 18
Buckingham, New Kent,
Dominion Energy ‐ Amazon Solar Farm US East 2 Powhatan and Sussex 80
Dominion Energy ‐ Amazon Solar Farm US East 3 Southampton 100
*Under Construction **Project Complete Total 354
Dominion Solar Partners Projects
DVP
Site Size (kW AC)
Region
Canon Eastern 500
Old Dominion University Eastern 125
Capital One Central 500
Virginia Union University Central 50
Prologis Concorde Center Northern 746
Randolph‐Macon College Central 50
Philip Morris Park 500 Central 2,000
Western Branch High School Eastern 806
Merck Western 1,512
University of Virginia Western 381
Total: 6,670
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Electric Cooperative Solar Activities
Capacity
Coop Project Name Location Developer In‐Service Date
(MW)
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative Hecate Energy Cherrydale LLC Northampton 20 Hecate Energy 2016
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative Hecate Energy Clarke County LLC Clarke County 10 Hecate Energy 2017
Central Virgini Electric Cooperative CVEC 1 Goochland 5 Coronal 2017
Central Virgini Electric Cooperative CVEC 2 ?? 5 Coronal 2017
TOTAL: 40
Municipal Solar Activities
• Town of Bedford Electric Utility – 3 megawatt project in
development
• City of Danville ‐ 6 Megawatt project in permit development
Projects seeking or receiving permits through DEQʹs ʺPermit by
Ruleʺ process for ʺsmallʺ renewable energy projects < 100 MW
In‐
Developer County (Town) Capacity (MW) Acres service
date
Eastern Shore Solar LLC (Amazon Solar US East) Accomack (near Withams) 80 1000 2016
Scott II Solar LLC Powhatten 20 720 2017
Sappony Solar LLC Sussex 20 371 2017
Correctional Solar LLC New Kent 20 429 2017
Southampton Solar LLC Southampton (Near Boykins) 100 1200 2017
Virginia Solar LLC ‐ Firestone Buckingham 20 200 2017
Hecate Energy Cherrydale LLC Northampton County (Eastville) 20 236 2017
Hecate Energy Clarke County LLC Clarke County (near Berryville) 20 235 2017
Bluestone Farm Solar, LLC Mecklinburg (near Chase City) 49.9 330 2018
SolUnesco Mecklenburg (near Chase City) 76.8 517 2018
Tradewind Energy Chesapeake Solar LLC Chesapeake 20 175 2018
Tradewind Energy Myrtle Solar LLC Suffolk 15 120 2018
Tradewind Energy Centerville Pike Solar Chesapeake 15 245 2018
Ecoplexus Isle of Wight County 14 122 2018
SolUnesco Greensville (Brink) 60 467 2018
SolUnesco Caroline Woodford) 15 89.55 2019
SolUnesco Orange County (Locust Grove) 61.5 397.6 2019
SolUnesco Albemarle Co. (Charlottesville) 11 70.54 2019
SolUnesco Henry County (Axton) 20 120.16 2019
SunPower Corporation Southampton (Near Franklin) 91 525 2019
Sun Energy 1 Hanover (Mechanicsville) 20 250 2019
SunTech Solar Solutions Accomack (near Tasley) 20 500 2019
Solar Acess Developement Group Culpepper (Stevensburg) 20 210 ?
Twittys Creek Solar LLC Charlotte 15 ?
TurningPoint Energy Pittsylvania (Danville) 6 76.58 ?
Coronal Development Essex Solar Center Essex (Dunnsville) 20 275 ?
SunPower Corporation James City County (Norge) 35 225 ?
TOTALS TO DATE 885.2 9,106.43
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State Solar Procurement Target
Derive 8% of the Commonwealth’s electricity usage from
solar energy by the end of 2017.
• 110 Megawatts Total
• Dominion Virginia Power Services Territory only
Solar Procurement Target
• 75% Utility‐Scale
• 2 Megawatts and up
• Developed/owned by Dominion
• On state property or off
82.5MW
110MW
• 25% Distributed Generation
• Less than 2 Megawatts
• Behind‐the‐meter
• Developer/owned by 3rd party
non‐utility developer
27.5MW
Solar Development Projected through 2019
…assuming EVERYTHING we currently know about gets built
1,000.00
923.58
900.00
800.00
700.00
Megawatts
600.00 615.08
500.00
428.38
400.00
300.00
200.00
167.38
100.00
16.75
10.22 11.71 28.30
0.00
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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How We Compare to our Neighbors
• Maryland: 508 MW
• Virginia: 174 MW
• Tennessee: 134 MW
Thank You