Honeybee Solar Energy

Apr 2021 Ongoing

NOVI Energy is currently developing a 4,083 acre, approximately 300 MWAC solar PV facility in Virginia.

The project site is just outside the town of Alberta in Brunswick County. It is currently timbered, with open agriculture land avoided. The site has been acquired under a long- term lease agreement for solar electricity power generation with multiple landowners. Honeybee Solar has a received Conditional Use Permit to construct and operate this project and a Siting Agreement has been executed. For this development, the NOVI team has completed most of the environmental studies for the site including a wetlands delineation, threatened and endangered species review, and a cultural, archaeological and historical review.

The selected technology is bi- facial solar modules with high efficiency PV cells that are optimized for utility scale solar photovoltaic projects. Central inverters will minimize operations and maintenance, and improve efficiency of the overall plant. We will use single- axis tracking systems that have been optimized for use with bi- facial panels to deliver high capacity factors without stretching the inverter ratio of the system.

The generated power will be stepped up to interconnect with Dominion’s 500 kV Rawlings- to- Clover transmission line that traverses the site. For this interconnection, NOVI filed the interconnection application to join the process with PJM (Queue Position AH1– 528) and is expected to execute a generation interconnected agreement on 1st quarter of 2027.

Honeybee Solar executed a BTA with Dominion in 2026 and is in the process of completing the remaining studies and executing EPC and other procurement related agreements. The plant is expected to be in commercial operations in 2029.

Services Used

Development, Greenfield Generation, Solar PV/Thermal
Brunswick County, VA, USA
Brunswick County, VA, USA