Poll finds Virginians want to cut energy costs
Many, however, are unsure how to proceed.
Department of Energy awards Dominion $47 million for wind project
Demonstration project would generate enough power for 3,000 homes.
Dominion’s first-quarter earnings exceed estimates
Energy company cites favorable weather and lower operating costs.
Wise County power plant recycles 1.1 million tons of waste coal
About 80 percent of the waste coal comes from Virginia.
Company to open ethanol production facility in Hopewell
Plant will be the largest ethanol plan on the East Coast.
Dominion acquires six solar projects from Recurrent Energy
Projects, located in California, will add 139 megawatts of power to solar portfolio.
Recycle, repurpose, reuse
Andy Warren started Tidewater Green, a company that buys construction demolition debris that he reformulates into component products and resells.
Combating a cocoa shortage
Mars is leading its industry in tackling the problems of African farmers
Federal regulators want new standards to protect physical security of America’s electric grid
Dominion Virginia Power has dispatched law enforcement to some of its substations.
Alpha Natural Resources fined $27.5 million
Coal producer will spend about $200 million to reduce pollution at mines.
Dominion to bid on wind-energy tract off the Maryland coast
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management plans to auction off 80,000 acres.
B&W and TerraPower plan collaboration on nuclear energy system.
Design would use depleted uranium as fuel.