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Gathering power
Energy-related startups benefit from renewables push
While working on a cellular tower a few years back, Kyle Mullins got what he describes as the “call of a lifetime” — an invitation to work on the first
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Dominion proposes new solar, storage projects
Projects could power 200,000 homes at peak
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Dominion Energy Virginia has proposed 23 new solar and energy storage projects that could power more than 200,000 Virginia homes at peak output. The utility provider proposed the projects in
Lynchburg-based BWXT elects new chair
Jan A. Bertsch is now chair of nuclear fuel supplier
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Lynchburg-based nuclear components and fuel supplier BWX Technologies Inc. announced May 3 that Jan A. Bertsch assumed the role of chair of the board of directors. Bertsch succeeded retiring chairman
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Frederick solar farms move forward
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Frederick County is on the verge of seeing its first solar power farms. Three facilities are in the works, with another in the pipeline. That’s not to say Virginia’s northernmost
Dominion offshore wind farm cost climbs to $9.8B
CEO cites inflation among factors causing roughly 25% increase
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Dominion Energy Inc.’s offshore wind farm will cost about $2 billion more than expected, the Richmond-based Fortune 500 utility’s chair, president and CEO, Bob Blue, said during a third quarter
Siemens Gamesa to build first U.S. offshore wind blade factory in Portsmouth
Spanish company to invest $200M, create 310 jobs
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Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy S.A., a Spanish wind turbine company, will invest $200 million to build the first U.S. offshore wind turbine blade manufacturing facility in Portsmouth, creating 310 jobs,
Clean slate
Power utilities, state government look to carbon-free future
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On April 17, 2020, with a flourish of the pen, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam reshaped the future of energy production in the commonwealth. Signing the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA)
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EDWARD H. ‘ED’ BAINE PRESIDENT, DOMINION ENERGY VIRGINIA, RICHMOND Baine is an example of the American dream made real. He grew up poor, working on his family’s tobacco farm
Dominion vessel to assist in building Northeastern offshore wind farms
$500M Charybdis will go to sea in late 2023
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Dominion Energy Inc. has reached an agreement with two companies to charter its offshore wind turbine installation vessel to assist with construction of two offshore wind farms in the Northeastern
(Solar) powering the economy
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A 700-acre solar farm on a former surface mine outside of Hurley will be more than it appears, according to Adam Edelen. “Buchanan County and the entire region of Southwestern Virginia