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Economic scoping study of uranium mining underway
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Southside Virginia will soon have a more concrete picture of the economic benefits the Coles Hill uranium project would generate for the region.
The Southside Virginia company that controls the largest undeveloped uranium deposit in the United States is conducting an economic scoping study to determine the cost of mining and milling the deposit and the [...]
National Academy of Sciences accepting nominations for uranium study committee
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The National Research Council (NRC) – the chief operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) – announced this week that it is accepting nominations for a 12-member committee to conduct an 18-month scientific study of uranium mining in Virginia. Nominations should be sent to Nicholas Rogers (nrogers@nas.edu) from the National Academy.
From the Chatham [...]
Virginia at epicenter of nuclear renaissance
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There is no mistaking it; the American nuclear renaissance is underway, and Virginia is at the epicenter of activity. Catherine Amos writes for the Danville Register & Bee about all the pieces that contribute to Virginia’s thriving nuclear industry and how they will make enormous contributions to economic development and energy independence.
The largest undeveloped uranium [...]
First step for two major offshore wind farms in Virginia
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The U.S. Interior Department recieved applications this week from two Virginia companies seeking to lease hundreds of thousands of acres 12 miles off Virginia’s coast for the purpose of building massive offshore wind power farms reports the Daily Press.
Apex Wind Energy Inc. is proposing to lease 116,000 acres for an undetermined number of wind turbines [...]
Uranium mining study begins this spring; report due by end of 2011
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The long-awaited study of the health, safety and environmental impact of uranium mining in Virginia is finally underway. The Chatham Star-Tribune reports that a contract has been signed between Virginia Tech’s Coal and Energy Research Center and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to undertake the study. The National Research Council – the National Academy’s [...]
Wind power project derailed by Tazewell County Supervisors
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In a defeat for the movement to boost in-state energy production, the Tazewell County Board of Supervisors voted in early February to essentially block development of a $200 million, 100-megawatt wind farm that Dominion and BP had planned to build along a ridgeline on East River Mountain.
The highly contentious “ridgeline protection” ordinance passed by the [...]
First nuclear loan guarantees go to Georgia plant
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The Obama administration will announce this week that it is awarding loan guarantees for two new reactors at a nuclear power plant in Burke, Georgia reports the Wall Street Journal. The loan guarantees to the Georgia plant will be first allocation of the $18.5 billion in guarantees Congress approved in 2005 for the construction of [...]
Surry and Dendron approve largest coal power plant in Virginia
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Last week, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative secured final approval from the Surry County Board of Supervisors and the Dendron Town Council to build its’ coal-fired Cypress Creek Power Plant. The Virginian-Pilot reported on the votes in Surry and Dendron.
Upon completion, the 1,500-megawatt plant will be the largest coal-fired power plant in Virginia and will provide [...]
Dominion on board for offshore wind in Virginia
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In an interview with the Virginian-Pilot last week, Mary Doswell, an alternative energy executive for Dominion, asserted Dominion’s intentions to play a major role in developing offshore wind energy in Virginia.
‘Wind is the largest renewable resource available to Virginia and it could end up being the cheapest one of scale,’ Doswell said… If the mid-Atlantic [...]
Highland County wind project gets boost from SCC
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In the last week of January, a State Corporation Commission (SCC) examiner recommended dismissal of a complaint by the Department of Historical Resources against a proposed wind farm in Highland County reports the Roanoke Times. The Department filed a complaint in August 2009, accusing Highland New Wind Development of not consulting with the Department over [...]
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