United States

Western Branch High School — 1 MW Solar

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Western Branch High School is a 1 MW solar power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
1 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2016

Year online

Owner
Virginia Electric & Power Co

Operator

Location
36.85, -76.41

Coordinates

Insights

#9,554
largest in United States of America
#10,238
largest Solar worldwide
#37,568
largest worldwide
2016
at fleet average
38
operated by Virginia Electric &…
84
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Solar
Capacity
1 MW
Commissioned
2016
Status
Operational
Owner
Virginia Electric & Power Co
Country
United States
Coordinates
36.848, -76.407

Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
65 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
1,939 t

over ~30 yrs

Intensity
41 g

Est. gCO2/kWh

Annual emissions equivalent to

14
cars per year
9
homes per year
2,939
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Western Branch High School is a 1 MW solar power plant in the United States, operated by Virginia Electric & Power Co since 2016.

Ranked #2904 of 3289 solar plants in the United States. Its 1 MW represents 0.0024% of the United States’ total solar capacity of 40,823 MW. The largest solar plant in the United States is the Sandstone Solar Energy Project at 2,000 MW, making Western Branch High School 2,000 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Surry (Nuclear, 1,695 MW), Surry Nuclear Power Plant (Nuclear, 1,695 MW), and Yorktown (Oil, 882 MW). The facility is located in Virginia, approximately 30 km from Norfolk.

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