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Clean Energy Solutions

Virginia's Clean Energy Future

Virginia has an opportunity to be on the leading edge of a clean energy future.  Moving decisively to encourage investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy will insure the continued prosperity of our Commonwealth just as we have benefited from growth in the information technology sector.
 
Our choice is clear. We can do little or nothing to encourage investment in efficiency and renewable energy, or we can face up to the challenge of climate change as an opportunity to build a clean energy future that protects our climate and transitions away from our destructive reliance on fossil fuels, like coal.

Offshore Wind

Virginia offshore wind potential

Virginia has one of the best sites in the world for offshore wind. A shallow outer continental shelf extending many miles out, combined with ample Class 5 (excellent) and 6 (outstanding) wind resources, means we could potentially meet 100% of our total energy demand from offshore wind turbines.

Virginia can start now. The Virginia Coastal Energy Research Consortium (VCERC) recently completed an ocean mapping study suggesting that a single study area twelve miles off Virginia Beach could accommodate 4 GW (4,000 MW) of offshore wind capacity — even after excluding areas used for U.S. Navy and NASA activities, shipping lanes, and dredge spoil disposal.  VCERC has studied the engineering feasibility, cost, and economic development potential of Virginia’s offshore wind resource, and concluded that the immediate commercial opportunity would entail a 20-year build-out, ensure new career-length jobs in the Hampton Roads maritime industry, and create thousands of new jobs throughout the state, with a cost of energy less than that from a new coal-fired generating plant.

Click here (VA4Wind.com) to learn more...

 

Energy Efficiency