In today’s Electek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• There are currently over $ 127 million in clean energy projects in West Virginia.
• Dominion Energy offers the largest solar and storage expansion in Virginia history.
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The Future of Clean Energy in West Virginia

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm spoke at a virtual event co-hosted by the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Interagency Task Force on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization. As WVNews Explain :

The Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization was established by Executive Decree 14008, Sec. 218, Jan. 27, to ensure that the shift to a clean energy economy creates well-paying union jobs, spurs economic revitalization, corrects environmental degradation and supports energy workers in communities. coal, oil and gas, and power plant communities across the country.

Granholm, who said West Virginia could be the ‘child witness’ of the clean energy transition, also said at the event:

You can be the hub for the deployment of new technologies. For example, both by decarbonizing the fossil fuels you have and demonstrating and deploying the clean energy technologies that will allow West Virginia to do well in the future and keep young people in the state.

I was governor of Michigan when the auto industry went bankrupt and was on the verge of collapse. We had built Car 1.0, but we decided that we were going to adopt Car 2.0, which is the electric vehicle, and the courage of that vehicle, which is the battery.

In total, we have over $ 127 million of active projects in West Virginia. We’re betting on this state because we know it’s a good investment and we want West Virginia to see that a clean energy future pays dividends.

Achieving 80% emission-free electricity in that state would spur nearly $ 21 billion in new investment and put $ 172 million more each year into West Virginia’s pockets and create tens of thousands of new jobs across the country. ‘State.

Read more: Coal-dependent West Virginia secures $ 200 million wind farm

Increased solar power and storage in Virginia

Dominion Energy proposed 15 solar and storage projects to the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) late last week as part of its efforts to meet Virginia Clean Economy Act goals. These projects will be able to provide more than 1 gigawatt of renewable electricity, which is enough to power more than 250,000 homes.

The proposed projects include: 11 large-scale solar projects, two distributed solar projects, a combined solar and storage project and an energy storage project. The plan also includes 32 solar and storage projects operated by third party vendors.

Environment Virginia, a state subsidiary of Environment America, was part of efforts to pass the Virginia Clean Economy Act in 2020, which commits the state to providing 100% clean electricity.

Elly Boehmer, Virginia State Director for the Environment, said:

Dominion Energy’s proposal for 15 solar and storage projects across the state is a shining example of how goal setting can kick-start action on clean energy. After Virginia lawmakers passed the Clean Economy Act, solar power in the Commonwealth skyrocketed. By clarifying that Virginia’s future will be fueled by clean energy, lawmakers have opened the door for renewable energy growth in Virginia. Dominion’s solar projects will help Virginia break free from fossil fuels and get more of its energy from renewable sources like the sun.

Virginia has enough technical solar potential to meet all of the state’s electricity use in 2020. Large-scale and rooftop solar projects will help Virginia harness the virtually pollution-free and incredibly abundant power of the sun that enlightens us every day.

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