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Largest Electric School Bus Program In United States Launching In Virginia

January 12, 2020 admin air quality, clean transport, dominion energy, dominion energy virginia, electric bus authority program, electric buses, electric school bus initiative, electric school buses, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, ev charging, ev charging stations, HEALTH, jouley, jouley electric school bus, lithium-ion batteries, mass transit / public transit, thomas built buses, Virginia

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 04:40:07 +0000

Dominion Energy has partnered with local Virginia school districts to begin replacing diesel buses with 100% electric school buses in phases

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Siemens-Gamesa Bags Deal for Mammoth 2.64-GW Virginia Offshore Wind Project

January 8, 2020 admin awea, boem, Business, cvow, Dominion, ge renewable, International, Markets, mhi vestas, news, offshore wind, Renewables, siemens gamesa, Technology, u.s. offshore wind, Virginia, vowtap, Wind, wind leasing

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 00:17:38 +0000

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Dominion Energy’s proposed 2.64-GW Virginia Offshore Wind project—the world’s largest single offshore wind project proposed to date—will likely feature turbines supplied by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE). A Jan. 7-announced preferred supplier agreement signed by the two companies could give the wind turbine maker a stronghold in the burgeoning offshore wind U.S. market. While the […]

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Prison Officials Made an 8-Year-Old Girl Get Strip-Searched Before Visiting Her Dad

December 6, 2019 admin 8-year-old, buckingham correctional center, Minor, prison, strip search, Virginia

Credit to Author: Emma Ockerman| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 19:37:07 +0000

They didn’t find any contraband on her.

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A 2.9-Megawatt Solar Project For 10 Schools & 24% Of Richmond Public Schools’ Electricity Needs

December 6, 2019 admin buildings, clean power, community solar, consumer technology, education, energy efficiency, rooftop solar, Schools, Solar energy, solar energy virginia, solar schools, standard solar, us solar schools, Virginia, virginia solar energy

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 14:20:32 +0000

Standard Solar, Inc. is now supporting Richmond Public Schools with a 2.9-megawatt solar project that should be completed this year. Solar arrays were installed at 10 elementary and high schools throughout the Richmond, Virginia, and Dominion Energy service area

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Virginia Could Become a ‘Safe Haven’ for Abortion Access in the South

November 6, 2019 admin 2019 election results, abortion, naral pro-choice, ralph northam, reproductive rights, Virginia

Credit to Author: Marie Solis| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 23:14:07 +0000

After regaining control of both chambers of the state legislature, Virginia Democrats can undo decades of anti-choice laws.

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7 Women of Color Who Made History in Tuesday’s Elections

November 6, 2019 admin Democrats, election results, elections, progressive, Republicans, Virginia, Women, women of color

Credit to Author: Leila Ettachfini| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 20:29:24 +0000

For the third Trump-era Election Day, women of color achieved major victories on both state and local levels.

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Democrats Won Big Last Night. Here’s What You Need to Know.

November 6, 2019 admin andy beshear, Donald Trump, elections, equal rights amendment, kentucky, Matt Bevin, Virginia

Credit to Author: Tim Marcin| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 14:55:32 +0000

Trump threw yet another loyalist under the bus, and the GOP’s support in the suburbs is collapsing.

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Dominion Plans 500-MW Gas Plant, Also Adding Solar and Wind

November 4, 2019 admin Business, dominion energy, Gas, megasite, natural gas, news, offshore wind, Ørsted, Renewables, Solar, Virginia, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 15:55:23 +0000

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Dominion Energy announced plans for a new 500-MW natural gas-fired power plant and also has taken over a solar farm project in Pittsylvania County in Virginia, with the company saying it would invest about $330 million in the two projects. The Nov. 1 announcement came one day after Dominion said it would it would add […]

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Virginia Signs Blockbuster Renewable Energy Contract With Dominion. That’s The Good News

October 20, 2019 admin clean power, dominion energy, offshore wind, renewable energy, Solar energy, Virginia

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2019 18:20:20 +0000

The state of Virginia has signed a 20-year deal to purchase renewable energy from solar farms operated by Dominion Energy. It’s an encouraging first step.