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UVA’s Going Greener: New Middlesex County Solar Farm Adds Renewable Capacity
Some of the most recent news involves the new solar farm that serve the University from a site in Middlesex County. This project is being developed by a firm named Coronal, and will be built and owned by Dominion Energy. UVA's promise to buy the whole energy...
Three Bills the Governor Signed This Spring
If you're paying attention to Virginia’s energy policy, it's no secret that the governor's office has become aggressive about moving toward renewable energies. A lot of people are really aware of some of the things coming out of the governor's office recently. ...
Big Solar Gains in Fairfax County, NOVA
It seems like everywhere you look these days, there’s another headline proving the big move that governments, businesses and homeowners are making toward harnessing the natural power of the sun. It’s not just hype – you can look at the numbers and see how...
Dominion Making Big Solar Acquisitions
As of the beginning of this month, lots of news outlets have been reporting on a new deal between big Virginia utility company Dominion Energy and a name that's not as familiar to local residents – Hecate Energy LLC. The news involves Dominion's acquisition of more...
Solar Options for Central VA Residents: Solar Planning in Rockbridge and Rockingham
Many Virginia residents are moving towards solar. They’re realizing how solar panels and gear have come to cost effectiveness, and how the big sea change toward solar and renewables helps both individual households and companies to become more energy-independent. That...
Governor’s Office Announces Virginia’s Competitive Solar Status
Solar power is taking off in a big way in Albemarle County, but it's also growing rapidly in other parts of the state of Virginia. Organizations like the Solar Foundation have ranked Virginia among top contenders in year-over-year solar growth. A lot of this...
Rooftop Solar in Central VA
Is rooftop solar really everything that it should be? Not according to some advocates of solar energy solutions in local communities. Many are pointing out that big utility providers like Dominion have seemed less than enthused about adding net metering and...
Supersized Louisa Solar Farm Faces Setback Limitation
Out in Louisa County, where Dominion Power already runs a 250-acre solar farm, a bigger project is in the works -- one that would develop up to 1000 acres of land to produce an estimated 80 megawatts of power. Over the last year, the Central Virginian newspaper...
Ivy Main Takes Temperature of Virginia’s Solar Industry
Anyone who's been paying attention to Virginia state government policy and infrastructure development knows that solar is making its way into the picture. In a new digital report called “2017 Guide to Virginia Wind and Solar Policy,” Ivy Main describes Virginia's...
Monticello High School Project Was At Students’ Request
This year, administrators at Monticello High School are seeing results from a solar energy project done in the summer of 2016. Solar infrastructure was installed at six schools throughout Albemarle County for a total of over 1.1 megawatts of capacity. A press...
Solar Power Set to Become Cheaper Than Coal Within Just a Few Years
Bloomberg News, one of the pre-eminent business news sources in the U.S., is coming out with revised estimates on the outlook for renewables. These show that solar is taking over in a big way -- faster than most of us thought just a few years ago. A June 15...
UVA Solar Strategy — Local Efforts Get Attention from Top State Officials
The addition of hundreds of solar panels on the roof of the UVA Clemons Library has gotten a lot of attention this spring, in news outlets and locally, as state government officials made their appearances. Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe visited the campus in April...