Richmond County, Virginia
Richmond County, Virginia has 11 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 6 operating plants totaling 214.8 MW and 5 planned projects totaling 381 MW. No data center record lists the county. Solar leads with 376 MW across 6 projects. No planned project is past its listed in-service date.
Richmond County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 2 of its 4 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
more planned than operating generation in Richmond County. 5 projects in the queue would add 381 MW to the 214.8 MW operating today.
Technology mix
11 projects, 595.8 MW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
6 plants operate inside Richmond County, 214.8 MW of solar and oil. The queue adds 381 MW across 5 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Richmond County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar | Operating | 2 | 132 |
| Solar | Planned | 4 | 244 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 1 | 137 |
| Oil | Operating | 4 | 82.8 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 122 |
| 2027 | 0 | 0 |
| 2028 | 0 | 0 |
| 2029 | 0 | 0 |
| 2030 | 0 | 0 |
| 2031 | 3 | 259 |
Richmond County against its neighbors
None of the 2 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Westmoreland County has the most operating generation among them, 55.9 MW.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond County this page | 0 | 381 | 0x | ||
| Westmoreland County | 0 | 112 | 0x | ||
| Lancaster County | 0 | 835 | 0x |
Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.
3 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
4 projects in Richmond County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Richmond County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 4 changes.
| Project | Change | Technology | MW | Previous date | New date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rows are hidden on public pages. Members see the project behind each change, its developer and the dates that moved.
Every record in Richmond County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 11 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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