Dominion Virginia to Turn Three Coal-Fired Plants to Biomass
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Dominion Resources Inc.’s electric distribution unit in Virginia plans to convert three coal-fired power plants in the state to use biomass instead, providing a boost to Virginia’s economy of as much as $350 million in the next three decades and reducing carbon emissions.
Dominion Virginia Power will convert the three 63-megawatt peaking plants, which only operate at peak demand, in Altavista, Hopewell and Southampton counties to 50-megawatt plants that operate on an almost continuous basis, Richmond, Virginia-based Dominion Resources said today in a statement. The plants would provide power for about 37,500 homes, the company said.