Commonwealth Chesapeake — United States of America

Commonwealth Chesapeake is a 402.5 MW oil power station in Virginia, United States of America. It ranks #1368 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2000, it is around 26 years old — long-established. In context, oil supplies about 0.7% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0055381.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: Wikidata P2109; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 402.5 MW, Commonwealth Chesapeake is well above the median oil plant in United States of America (7.2 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Oil-fired plants burn heavy fuel oil or diesel, usually as peaking or backup capacity on islands and grids without gas pipelines; high fuel cost keeps their utilisation low.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #24 largest oil power plant of 902 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 902 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 40,022 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Eastern Shore Solar LLC · Solar · 80 MW · Virginia
• UMMS at Pocomoke · Solar · 2.8 MW · Maryland
• Eastern Correctional Institute · Waste · 5.8 MW · Maryland
• Great Bay Solar 1 · Solar · 75 MW · Maryland
• Crisfield · Oil · 11.6 MW · Maryland
• UMES (MD) - Princess Anne · Solar · 2 MW · Maryland

Location

Coordinates 37.9892, -75.54 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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