Clover power plant

Clover Power Plant
Country
  • United States
Coordinates36°52′08″N 78°42′14″W / 36.869°N 78.704°W / 36.869; -78.704
Power generation
Nameplate capacity
  • 848 MW

Clover power plant is a coal-fired power plant in Halifax County, Virginia,[1][2][3] which runs mostly during extreme temperatures.[4] In the past it had been run for baseload power.[5] It is one of 2 coal power plants still running in the state, the other being Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center, which is also owned by Dominion.[6] It is notable for being kept running to power Virginia's Data Center Alley.[7][8] Previously it might have been considered as a site for a small nuclear reactor.[9] Dominion plans to keep it running until at least 2045.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Power plant profile: Clover Power Station, US". Power Technology. 2023-04-24. Retrieved 2025-12-27.
  2. ↑ "Dominion Energy - Clover Power Station". www.halifaxchamber.net. Retrieved 2025-12-27.
  3. ↑ "Coal- and gas-fired power plants have a new best friend: data centers | Utility Dive". www.utilitydive.com. Retrieved 2025-12-27.
  4. ↑ Main, Ivy (2026-06-24). "Trump's policies won't bring back coal, but they are driving up Virginians' energy costs • Virginia Mercury". Virginia Mercury. Retrieved 2026-08-09.
  5. ↑ Kennedy, Jack (2026-05-22). "Kennedy: NextEra-Dominion's AI future could reshape Virginia's economy — and its energy politics". Cardinal News. Retrieved 2026-08-09.
  6. ↑ "Despite federal coal support, Southwest Virginia aims to diversify".
  7. ↑ Wittenberg, Ariel (2025-11-24). "Pollution from coal plants was dropping. Then came Trump and AI". E&E News by POLITICO. Retrieved 2026-08-12. One-third of the coal plants being kept online to power AI are in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States and will be used to power so-called Data Center Alley, a three-county swath in Virginia that could soon be home to 400 or more data centers. That has made future electricity demand skyrocket in Dominion Energy's Virginia service territory, where the need for power is expected to increase 85 percent over the next 15 years, according to projections from PJM Interconnection, the region's grid operator. Virginia can't provide enough power itself, so PJM has asked two Maryland coal plants to delay retirements.
  8. ↑ asaleem (2026-07-15). "Virginia's Data Center Alley Is a Cautionary Tale for Equity and Climate". Roosevelt Institute. Retrieved 2026-08-12. However, due to the sharp increases in demand for energy spurred by data center development, Virginia is importing energy from more carbon-intensive states like West Virginia and has delayed the decommissioning of dirtier power plants. In 2022, Virginia's Clover Power Station, a coal fire power plant, was set to be retired in 2025—now that decision has been reversed.
  9. ↑ Yancey, Dwayne (2023-04-20). "The unnamed Virginia coal plant the Dept. of Energy flagged as a possible nuclear reactor site". Cardinal News. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  10. ↑ "Dominion Among Utilities Allowed Exemption for Coal Emissions From Trump's EPA". Virginia Scope. 2025-04-22. Retrieved 2025-12-27.
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