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Business group to study Roanoke County, Va. wind energy farm
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The Southwest Virginia Business Development Association told WSLS Roanoke last week that it will commission an independent study of a wind farm proposed for Poor Mountain in Roanoke County.
The Poor Mountain wind farm, which would consist of 15-20 turbines, was first proposed in March by Chicago-based renewable energy developer Invenergy. The company would like to [...]
Radiation safety group says Va. uranium mining safe, not harmful to environment
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In what is being viewed as a landmark demonstration of public support in the scientific community, the President of the Virginia Health Physics Society officially endorsed efforts to mine uranium in Virginia in an Op Ed in the Chatham Star Tribune.
The Health Physics Society is an organization of nearly 6,000 scientific professionals from across the [...]
Zoning change clears way for solar energy in Eastern Shore
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Zoning changes approved last week by the Northampton County Board of Supervisors could clear the way for large-scale solar energy development in this remote Eastern Shore county.
The Board of Supervisors established a floating solar energy district that will allow commercial-scale solar development on tracts of land up to 220 acres throughout the county.
Two major renewable [...]
Unlocking Southside Virginia’s geologic treasure
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Traveling through Southside Virginia it is hard to imagine that this was once a bustling hub of industry. This region once boasted one of the highest per capita incomes in the entire country. Unfortunately, battered by decades of factory closings and declines in the once robust tobacco-driven agricultural economy the region has fallen on hard [...]
National Academy selects panel for Virginia uranium mining study
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The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) announced last week the provisional 13-member committee that will conduct the Academy’s long-anticipated study of uranium mining in Virginia. The committee is comprised of academics from various fields, geologists, mining and public health experts and environmental scientists. (Click here to view the entire study committee and brief bios on [...]
Rockingham County considering large-scale wind energy
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Virginia wind energy could be making its way for Rockingham County as the Board of Supervisors considers ordinance changes that would clear the way for large-scale wind energy projects in the county.
Harrisonburg’s WHSV reports that after two companies approached county officials about building commercial wind farms there, the supervisors drafted a series of proposed regulations [...]
Virginia makes bid for offshore wind energy test sites
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In what could prove to be a major step in advancing Virginia’s leading role in offshore wind energy, Virginia officials proposed last week that the U.S. Department of Energy locate three offshore wind test sites in Hampton Roads. Bloomberg Businessweek reports that the proposed $60 million to $80 million demonstration project would consist of wind [...]
Virginia solar energy takes off with incentives
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Incentives offered by federal, state and local governments coupled with a new market for selling energy credits to utilities are propelling a boom in the residential solar market in Virginia and surrounding states. The Washington Post reports that last week major mid-Atlantic solar installer Astrum Solar wrapped up installation of the largest residential solar system [...]
Va. Tech professor urges end to Virginia uranium mining moratorium
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Robert Bodnar, a distinguished professor of geochemistry and geology at Virginia Tech, calls for an end to the 25-year-old moratorium on Virginia uranium mining in an Op Ed in the Altavista Journal today. The largest untapped uranium deposit in the United States is located in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The uranium contained in the Coles Hill [...]
Fmr. Navy officer says Virginia nuclear energy is best way forward
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In an Op Ed in the Chatham Star-Tribune, former Navy intelligence commander and nuclear engineer Doug Crowther makes the case that nuclear energy, particularly in Virginia, is the most common sense solution to our energy challenges. Crowther acknowledges that other sources such as coal, natural gas, oil, wind and solar will continue to play a [...]
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