# Water Strider Solar

PJM asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/water-strider-solar

## Current generation inventory

EIA plant 63549 · Inventory reporting month: 2026-08.

- solar: 80 MW operating nameplate
- Capacity basis: operating_generator_nameplate_mw
- Source inventory: [EIA-860M workbook (preliminary)](https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/xls/august_generator2026.xlsx)
- Inventory retrieved: 2026-10-10T22:49:53.020309+00:00
- Filed coordinate (longitude, latitude): -79.02706, 37.016375
- OSM extract: 2026-10-09T20:21:04Z
- OSM mapped edit: 2023-07-27 10:52:25+00:00
- Map prepared: 2026-10-10T23:05:22.155997+00:00

Battery power (MW) and stored energy (MWh) are separate measures. Shared physical-site membership does not establish electrical connectivity, settlement or a common export limit.

## Reviewed overview

Water Strider Solar is an 80 MW solar facility near Nathalie in Halifax County, Virginia, owned by RWE Clean Energy. The project uses ground-mounted photovoltaic arrays with single-axis tracking on about 871 acres of project area. It came online in the second quarter of 2021 under a power purchase agreement with Dominion Energy Virginia. Con Edison Development owned it during construction, and the facility was first approved in May 2018.

## Reviewed metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 80 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 63549 — plant-63549

## Facts

- **Technology:** Solar Photovoltaic
- **Operator:** RWE Clean Energy

## Related parties

- **Owner / operator:** RWE Clean Energy — owner ([source](https://americas.rwe.com))
- **Offtaker:** Dominion Energy Virginia — offtaker ([source](https://www.dominionenergy.com))

## Sources

- [augustafreepress.com](https://augustafreepress.com/news/dominion-energy-virginia-rwe-partner-with-goal-of-net-zero-greenhouse-gas-emissions/) — augustafreepress.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/water-strider-solar
Website: [RWE Clean Energy](https://americas.rwe.com)

Source: Ask the Grid — https://askthegrid.com/