United States

Oceana Solar — 18 MW Solar

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Oceana Solar is a 18 MW solar power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
18 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2018

Year online

Owner
Virginia Electric & Power Co

Operator

Location
36.79, -76.05

Coordinates

Insights

#4,182
largest in %s
#2,839
largest %s worldwide
#20,560
largest worldwide
2018
%d yrs newer than avg
38
operated by %s
57
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Solar
Capacity
18 MW
Commissioned
2018
Status
Operational
Owner
Virginia Electric & Power Co
Country
United States
Coordinates
36.790, -76.051

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
1,138 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
34,135 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
41 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

247
cars / year
152
homes / year
51,719
trees to offset

Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator

Nearby Stations

About this plant

Oceana Solar is a 17.6 MW solar power plant in the United States, operated by Virginia Electric & Power Co since 2018.

Ranked #451 of 3289 solar plants in the United States. Its 17.6 MW represents 0.04% of the United States’ total solar capacity of 40,823 MW. The largest solar plant in the United States is Sandstone Solar Energy Project at 2,000 MW, making Oceana Solar 113.6 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Yorktown (882 MW, Oil), Elizabeth River Power Station (388.8 MW, Gas), and Chesapeake Power Plant (67.4 MW, Gas). The facility is located in Virginia, approximately 30 km southeast of Norfolk.

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