The government of Virginia has signed a deal with local utility Dominion Energy for 345MW of solar and 75MW of onshore wind energy to power government buildings and facilities.
The Virginia-headquartered utility is billing the deal, which comprises five plants across the state, as the “largest renewable procurement by a state for its own clean energy needs.”
The purchase comes one month after state governor Ralph Northam announced that Virginia’s government agencies and executive branches would front a state-wide renewable push, procuring 30% of their electricity from renewable sources by 2022.
