In the 2025 session, the General Assembly of Virginia is considering several bills aimed at regulating data center development, including measures on cost allocation, environmental impacts, and land use. ...
Here are several recent and notable developments in the renewable energy industry in Virginia, across the nation, and around the globe. ...
The industries that generate power and the industries that use power – meaning, pretty much all of industry – are in various stages of the onset of an unavoidable awareness that data centers, and the AI processed through data centers, are driving some of the...
In our previous analysis of potential changes to renewable energy policy under a new administration, we highlighted several factors that might prevent dramatic rollbacks of clean energy incentives—particularly the widespread economic benefits these programs are already delivering to Republican-led states....
As the United States prepares for another Trump presidency in January 2025, the renewable energy sector is trying to sort through what the election’s implications will be. While there are obvious reasons for concern, considering campaign rhetoric promised a dramatic rollback of clean energy incentives...
Virginia stands at a critical juncture in its energy future. The Virginia Clean Energy Act mandates that the state's largest utilities transition to 100% renewable energy generation - Dominion Energy by 2045 and Appalachian Power by 2050. ...
A recent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ruling denying expanded nuclear power sales to an Amazon data center campus in Pennsylvania has implications that extend well beyond state lines. For Virginia's thriving data center corridor, ...
Here are four recent and notable developments in the renewable energy industry in Virginia, across the country, and around the globe. ...
Virginia has set its sights on a clean energy future, but the path to achieving this vision is becoming increasingly complex. The Commonwealth's ambitious goals, enshrined in the Virginia Clean Economy Act of 2020 (VCEA), are clashing with a formidable force: growing local opposition to...
Solar power is poised to become the second-largest source of U.S. electricity generating capacity, according to a recent analysis by Solar Power World. This is despite ongoing challenges for solar development, including local opposition in many communities across Virginia and the nation, generating capacity....