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Attention offshore wind developers: Virginia’s coast is officially open for business. That’s the message the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management delivered Thursday in announcing that wind farms...
View ArticleNo link between Virginia earthquake and fracking, scientists say
Scientists say there is no link between a controversial natural gas drilling technique and the Virginia earthquake that rattled the East Coast in August. “Let’s be very clear: fracking did not cause...
View ArticleVirginia Gov. Bob McDonnell issues energy goals
RICHMOND – As part of his effort to make Virginia the "energy capital of the East Coast," Gov. Bob McDonnell issued his energy policy agenda for the 2012 General Assembly session on Thursday, including...
View ArticleThe end of coal plants in Hampton Roads?
The Yorktown Power Station and Chesapeake Energy Center, the two largest coal-fired power plants in Hampton Roads, burn on average 6,700 tons of coal every day. The plants, which date to the 1950s,...
View ArticleVirginia OKs what could be first offshore wind turbine in the US
Virginia regulators on Tuesday approved what could be the first offshore wind turbine built in the United States. The prototype turbine would stand 479 feet tall and be located in the lower Chesapeake...
View ArticleEPA plans new GHG limits for power plants
Federal officials proposed on Tuesday the first-ever greenhouse gas limits for new power plants, a move that could affect a planned $6 billion coal-fired power plant in Surry County. Announced byU.S....
View ArticleBoth off-shore drilling, wind farms could be spoils of election
Whether it's drilling off shore for oil and natural gas, developing wind farms off the coast or a combination of the two, energy policy proposals from candidates of both parties seeking federal office...
View ArticleFeds aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 28 percent
NASA opened an energy efficient office building at Langley Research Center in Hampton. The Navy is running boats on biofuel in Norfolk. But those efforts only go so far as NASA, the Department of...
View ArticleSolar Energy: The energy producing and saving home is very doable
This informative, helpful article, "The energy producing and saving home," is written by Ben Cuker, professor of marine and environmental science at Hampton University in Hampton, Va. His...
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