Power plant · Virginia, United States
Keydet Solar Center
Keydet Solar Center is a power plant under construction in Virginia, United States, with 120 MW of capacity, owned by AES Clean Energy.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Virginia | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2026 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | AES Clean Energy | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | AES Clean Energy | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 120 MW | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaic | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 37.4371, -77.1587 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Keydet Solar Center is the 14th-largest of 15 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Virginia and the 728th-largest of 835 in the United States by capacity; its 120 MW is <0.1% of the 282,375 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United States. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 14th of 15 | 5,414 MW | 2.2% |
| United States | 728th of 835 | 282,375 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 788th of 3,008 | 360,526 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 6 data centers (2 operating, 320 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QTS Richmond 1 | Data center | 238 MW | Operating | 9.7 km |
| QTS Richmond Data Center | Data center | — | — | 9.7 km |
| QTS Richmond V LLC | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
Owner, operator and place
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- West Camp Wind Farm500 MW · under construction
- McFarland B Solar and Storage450 MW
- Sycamore Cross Solar208 MW · planned
- Willow Beach Wind200 MW · planned
- Armadillo Solar Center175 MW · under construction
- Keamuku172 MW · planned
- Hecate Energy Pulaski 1150 MW · planned
Other power plants in Virginia
- Bath County2,862 MW
- North Anna1,960 MW
- Greensville County Power Station1,773 MW
- Surry1,695 MW
- Brunswick County Power Station1,472 MW
- Warren County1,472 MW
- Doswell Energy Center1,313 MW
- Tenaska Virginia Generating Station1,011 MW
Data on this page
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI data centers, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Virginia DEQ issued data center air permits. Virginia DEQ issued data center air permits, Public records.