Source: EIA,

*WIND IN VIRGINIA

Virginia, 2005 U.S., 2011

*PRESENT ENERGY PORTFOLIO

Source: EIA, http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/annual/pdf/sec10_2.pdf

WIND

SOLAR

HYDROBIOMASS

GEOTHERMAL

COALNUCLEAR

*ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS

*No SOX or NOX

*No particulates

*No mercury

*No CO2

*No water

20% WIND ENERGY BY 20302 %

20 %

Where is it windy?

LAND-BASED WIND

* VIRGINIA’S OFFSHORE WIND POTENTIAL IS LARGE.

IS IT COST-COMPETITIVE WITH FOSSIL FUEL GENERATION?

Fentress

VCERC identified 25 MMS lease blocks that appeared to have minimal conflict with existing uses by the Navy, NASA-Wallops, commercial shipping, or commercial fishing. These are

all beyond 12 nautical miles offshore and in water depths less than 100 ft, and could support 3,200 MW of wind capacity generating 11 TWh/yr, or 10% of VA’s annual energy demand.

*OFFSHORE WIND

BOEM Announced First-Ever Renewable Energy Lease Sales on the Outer Continental Shelf

*BOEM proposes in December 2012 leasing nearly 278,000 acres offshore Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Virginia for Wind Energy