As Virginia’s largest utilities continue to grow their renewable portfolios, they have partnered with some nonprofits and government entities to expand renewable energy storage in Southwest Virginia. Dominion Energy said in an Oct. 14 statement that it plans to use the permitting, design, installation and operations experience from a 12-MW pilot project — now supplying power to the grid, but not on a commercial basis — to its proposed 2.6-GW offshore Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, with construction to start in 2024. On Oct. 13, Dominion and Appalachian Power, a unit of American Electric Power, announced a public-private partnership with InvestSWVA, the Appalachian School of Law, Mountain Empire Community College and the Southwest Virginia Energy Research and Development Authority “to advance energy […]