The DC metro area is getting its first en-route electric bus chargers
The Washington, DC, metro area is getting its first en-route overhead pantograph electric bus chargers.
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The US’s largest offshore wind farm just produced its first power
Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, which will be the US’s largest wind farm when it’s complete, has sent its first power to the grid.
Expand Expanding CloseUS’s largest offshore wind farm can resume construction, in a third blow to Trump
In a setback to Trump’s anti-offshore wind crusade, a federal judge today issued an order granting Dominion Energy’s request for a preliminary injunction allowing construction to resume on the US’s largest wind farm, the 2.6-gigawatt (GW) Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project.
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Dominion Energy is suing the Trump administration after the US Department of the Interior ordered five offshore wind projects currently under construction to stop offshore work on December 22 – including Dominion’s 2.6 gigawatt (GW) Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW), the largest offshore wind farm in the US.
Expand Expanding ClosePowerUp America is adding 100 new fast chargers in the Southeast
Tennessee EV charging infrastructure developer PowerUp America just ordered a minimum of 100 new DC fast chargers in Q3 from Kempower, the Finnish company with a manufacturing hub in North Carolina.
Expand Expanding Close17 clean energy projects will be built on former Appalachian coal mines
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the Cumberland Forest Limited Partnership are turning former Appalachian coal mines into clean energy hubs. They just announced new agreements with Sun Tribe Development and ENGIE to build 14 solar farms and three battery storage systems across 360 acres in Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US’s largest offshore wind farm is on budget and on time
Dominion Energy has hit a major milestone in the construction of its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. The company has put in place 78 monopile foundations and four offshore substation foundations during the first installation season, surpassing its initial target of 70 monopiles.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US announces a big offshore wind sale in the Central Atlantic
The US Department of the Interior (DOI) today announced an offshore wind Final Sale Notice and auction for 275,000+ acres off the coasts of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.
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Virginia’s republican governor says he wants to violate Virginia law to pull the state out of the California Air Resources Board’s clean car regulations, consigning his state to a costly and burdensome future full of pollution and high fuel prices.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US’s largest offshore wind farm just got its first monopile
In a major milestone, the 2.6-gigawatt (GW) Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW), which will be the US’s largest offshore wind farm, has installed its first monopile foundation.
Expand Expanding CloseHere’s what Electrify America’s EV charging plans are for 2024
Electrify America (EA) increased its total number of chargers to over 4,000 in 2023 – here’s what it’s aiming to achieve in 2024.
Expand Expanding CloseVirginia is getting a 764 MW bump in solar power capacity
Virginia has approved over a dozen new solar projects that will significantly boost Dominion Energy’s clean energy capacity.
Expand Expanding CloseHere’s where Virginia is installing its first 18 NEVI EV chargers
Virginia is handing out $11.295 million in federal grants to install 18 NEVI-compliant EV chargers – here’s where they’re going.
Expand Expanding CloseVirginia could make almost $5B from this 3.5 GW offshore wind farm
Avangrid’s 3.5 gigawatt (GW) Kitty Hawk Wind could deliver around $5 billion in economic impact across Virginia – here’s where the project stands.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US’s largest offshore wind farm just got the green light
The 2.6 gigawatt (GW) Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project – what will become the US’s largest offshore wind farm – just got approved by the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).
Expand Expanding CloseVirginia is about to get a big 772 MW solar boost
Dominion Energy Virginia today proposed more than a dozen new solar projects that will power nearly 200,000 Virginia homes at peak output.
Expand Expanding CloseA huge solar + storage + EV project just launched at Dulles Airport
Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia is going to host a solar, battery storage, and EV project – the US’s largest clean energy project at an airport.
Expand Expanding CloseA new factory in Virginia will make batteries for electric buses and mining trucks
Electrification and automation giant ABB just launched a new factory in Virginia that will make batteries and other components for electric buses, heavy mining trucks, and trains.
Expand Expanding CloseWhat happens now to EV and clean energy momentum in Virginia?
On November 2, Republicans won elections in Virginia for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and the GOP has likely just squeaked past Democrats to take control of the House of Delegates. Does that mean that the majority of Virginians align with the Republican Party’s disinterest in transitioning to clean energy and electric vehicles?
Expand Expanding CloseEGEB: Can coal state West Virginia become the ‘poster child’ for clean energy?
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- There are currently more than $127 million in clean energy projects in West Virginia.
- Dominion Energy proposes the largest solar and storage expansion in Virginia’s history.
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Virginia saves our kids; becomes the catalyst for electric school buses
Sic semper tyrannis. True to its motto, Virginia has dealt a death blow to the tyranny of diesel school buses. A few weeks ago, we highlighted some successful electric school bus V2G pilots, discussed the countless benefits, but lamented that we seemed to be stuck with one-off pilot projects involving just a handful of school buses. But now Virginia and utility Dominion Energy have delivered us salvation: They will be buying a minimum of 1,050 V2G electric school buses over the next five years. That single purchase dwarfs all others, and will serve as the catalyst for a nationwide fleet conversion by bringing down the upfront cost of electric school buses. It will also hopefully shame the rest of the US into ceasing purchases of child-poisoning diesel school buses. But it doesn’t end there.
Virginians will get 10% up to $3500 back on EV purchases if new law passes
Virginia lawmakers have put forward House Bill 469 which would allow for a 10% State tax refund on the purchase of an electric vehicle up to a $3500 maximum.
Contractor dies during Supercharger installation in Norfolk, VA
Sad news: It appears that one of the contractors putting up a Tesla Supercharger got electrocuted (unconfirmed but speculated) and has died.
Norfolk Police are investigating a report of a worker who may have been electrocuted, Tuesday.
Norfolk police said crews were called out to the JANAF Shopping Center located in the 5900 block of East Virginia Beach Boulevard, around 10:30 a.m. According to a witness, contractors had been working at the Tesla Supercharging center located at the shopping center.
A Tesla spokesperson tells WAVY.com , “During the installation process at our new Supercharger station in Norfolk, there was an accident involving an electrical contractor.”
Extremely sad news for sure but with over 500 stations being built an accident was statistically likely to happen. Other local news reports here, here and here.