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Roanoke County to vote on wind turbine ordinance in Sept.
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The Roanoke County Board of Supervisors will vote on a proposed zoning ordinance for wind farms at the Board’s September 13th meeting. At a special meeting last night, the Board heard from more than 60 speakers making arguments in favor of and against allowing commercial-scale wind development in the rural county. Chicago-based renewable energy company [...]
Buckingham natural gas plant comes online; more planned
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The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that Governor Bob McDonnell and Dominion Virginia Power officials gathered in Buckingham County yesterday to commemorate the opening of Bear Garden Power Station, a 580-megawatt gas-fired power plant that began operating in May of this year. At Friday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony, Dominion officials stressed the need to build more new generation facilities [...]
Reliance on foreign uranium poses serious risks
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The following Op/Ed from our Chairman, Ray Ganthner, was published in the Roanoke Times today: America is too dependent on foreign countries for the energy resources we need to fuel our economy and way of life. Harnessing Virginia’s existing energy resources can help reduce America’s dependence and stimulate significant job creation and economic development across [...]
Senator John Watkins: Virginia never banned uranium mining
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Contrary to popular myth, Virginia never banned uranium mining in the 1980s. Rather, the state imposed a temporary moratorium or “timeout” on mining to allow time for a state-sponsored study to be completed. So says State Senator John Watkins, a distinguished and longstanding member of the Virginia General Assembly, in an Op/Ed in the Sunday [...]
Companies eye wind energy sites in Southwest Virginia
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The Roanoke Times reports that several leading wind energy companies are exploring several sites in the mountains of Southwest Virginia to harness wind energy. In recent months, representatives from five major wind energy companies have approached landowners in Floyd County and elsewhere to explore the potential development of wind energy farms on the region’s towering [...]
Tennessee Valley Authority: Why We Still Need Nuclear
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In an Op/Ed published in the New York Times today, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) President and CEO Tom Kilgore explains why America’s largest public producer of electricity is continuing to pursue nuclear energy. “We believe that nuclear power, developed properly, is not only a promising option, but the best available,” Kilgore explains. “Our forecasts for [...]
Old Dominion Electric Co-op buys more renewable wind power
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Henrico County-based Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) announced earlier this month that it has signed an agreement with the Mehoopany Wind Farm in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania to purchase 75 megawatts of renewable electricity from the new facility once it is operational next year. The power purchasing agreement will increase ODEC’s current renewable energy portfolio to [...]
Va. Governor McDonnell touts benefits of uranium mining; Geologist group endorses project
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On Tuesday, Virginia’s Governor Bob McDonnell touted the benefits of allowing uranium mining in the state, saying that the industry would bring “a tremendous number of jobs, tax revenues and opportunities to support the nuclear industry.” The Governor went on to say that “if it can be done safely, then I’m all for it.” The [...]
Study: Tx. uranium mining industry a ‘catalyst for economic growth’
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As Virginia lawmakers consider whether to allow the development of the largest untapped uranium deposit in the U.S. located in Pittsylvania County, recent data from the Texas uranium mining industry should provide legislators with insight into the kind of positive economic impact the Commonwealth could anticipate. According to a recently released study conducted by the [...]
Va. regulators approve testing for proposed new coal plant
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Last week the Virginia Marine Resources Commission gave unanimous approval to Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) to conduct testing in the James River in preparation for the company’s proposed Cypress Creek Power Station in Surry County, Virginia. The testing will help determine the type of screen that will be used on a pipeline the company [...]
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