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Federal approval process starts for Va. Beach wind farm
Environmental review and other approvals to take two years, Dominion anticipates
Friday will mark an important milestone for Dominion Energy Inc.’s wind energy plans, as the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management begins its two-year permitting and environmental review of the
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Dominion vessel to assist in building Northeastern offshore wind farms
$500M Charybdis will go to sea in late 2023
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Dominion Energy Inc. has reached an agreement with two companies to charter its offshore wind turbine installation vessel to assist with construction of two offshore wind farms in the Northeastern
Richmond-based GPM Investments closes on ExpressStop purchase
Acquisition makes company the sixth-largest convenience store chain
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Richmond-based GPM Investments LLC became the nation’s sixth-largest convenience store chain Wednesday, after closing on its acquisition of the ExpressStop chain, including 60 gas station convenience stores in Michigan and
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Tiger Fuel Co. acquires solar company Altenergy Inc.
Both companies are based in Charlottesville
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Charlottesville-based Tiger Fuel Co. has completed its acquisition of solar energy company Altenergy Inc., which is also based in Charlottesville, the companies announced Tuesday. Financial terms were not disclosed. The
Offshore wind coworking space opens in Norfolk
ODU, Hampton Roads Alliance and state behind the Landing
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The growing offshore wind industry in Hampton Roads caught another gust Wednesday with the opening of a coworking and networking space in Norfolk’s World Trade Center. The hub, called the
Report: Virginia gas shortage leaps to 52% in one day
Colonial Pipeline back up as of 5 p.m. Wednesday
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Updated 10 p.m. According to a website tracking gasoline prices and shortages based on crowdsourced data, 52% of Virginia’s gas stations had run out of gas as of 9 p.m.
Northam declares state of emergency related to gas pipeline shutdown
Says current reserves are sufficient for short shutdown
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Gov. Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency Tuesday, five days after the Colonial Pipeline was shut down due to a cyber-attack. The Texas pipeline is the primary source of
Dominion’s Surry nuclear plant’s lifespan extended to 2052-53
Nuclear Regulatory Commission grants extension for nearly 50-year-old nuclear reactors
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Dominion Energy Inc.’s two Surry County nuclear power reactors have received approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to operate until 2052 and 2053. The two nuclear reactors at Dominion’s Surry
AES to provide carbon-free power for Google’s Loudoun data centers
Arlington-based Fortune 500 utility signs 10-year agreement with Google
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As part of Google LLC’s ambitious “moonshot” to produce all of its energy from carbon-free sources, Arlington-based The AES Corp. announced Tuesday that it has signed a 10-year agreement to
SCC approves nine solar farms to provide power for Dominion
Richmond-based utility will own, operate three of the farms
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On April 30, the Virginia State Corporation Commission approved nine major solar farms, which have the potential to generate nearly 500 megawatts and power 125,000 homes for Virginia customers of