ROUNDUP: Central Atlantic Auction Grows Offshore Wind Industry

By |2024-08-23T13:42:40-04:00August 22, 2024|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Offshore Wind Energy, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , |

Virginia's offshore wind energy industry continues to grow after the sale of a Central Atlantic lease 35 miles from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay to Dominion Energy.

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Offshore Wind Propels Virginia’s Workforce Through Cable Manufacturing Facility

By |2024-07-31T14:00:13-04:00July 15, 2024|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Offshore Wind Energy, Updates From The Capital|Tags: |

Virginia’s offshore wind energy industry continues to build the Commonwealth’s reputation (and economy) as the leader of one of the fastest-growing clean energy sectors in the world with the announcement of a supporting cable manufacturing facility in the City of Chesapeake.

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OPINION: The process is working when it comes to offshore wind energy

By |2024-05-01T13:55:34-04:00November 12, 2023|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Offshore Wind Energy, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , , , |

In a joint Opinion-Editorial, Virginia Conservation Network and Sierra Club Virginia Chapter celebrate the milestones that will start the construction of the largest offshore wind project in the country.

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ROUNDUP: Virginia Conservation Network Celebrates Next Step for Offshore Wind Energy

By |2024-05-01T13:55:46-04:00October 31, 2023|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Offshore Wind Energy, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , , |

The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project has taken the next step towards completion! The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued its Record of Decision, which kicks off the 90-day approval period of the Construction and Operations Plan (COP).

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Webinar Series: Clean Energy Funding for Rural Virginia

By |2024-04-03T11:45:46-04:00June 21, 2023|Categories: Energy Efficiency, Federal Funding, Offshore Wind Energy, Solar Energy, VCN Partner Resources|Tags: , |

The Virginia Solar Initiative and the Virginia Department of Energy hosted a two-part webinar series informing Virginia's rural communities of federal clean energy funding opportunities.

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Report: Not a Single Collision for Seabird Populations in Offshore Wind Farm

By |2024-05-07T15:04:28-04:00June 2, 2023|Categories: Offshore Wind Energy, VCN Partner Resources|Tags: |

A two-year study on the interactions of several seabird species at an offshore wind farm found that not a single case of birdstrike was recorded over the study period or in the 10,000 videos taken.

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Implementation Framework for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

By |2024-04-05T12:54:25-04:00April 19, 2023|Categories: Energy Efficiency, Federal Funding, Offshore Wind Energy, Solar Energy, VCN Partner Resources|Tags: |

The Environmental Protection Agency released a framework to implement the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, aimed at financing projects nationwide to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution through the Inflation Reduction Act.

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