Off of Virginia’s coastline sits a huge clean energy resource: wind power. Developing this resource could create 10,000 jobs in Virginia and power 700,000 homes, while reducing the fossil fuel pollution already harming our coast through rising seas and bigger storms.
A bill before Congress right now — the Incentivising Offshore Wind Power Act (H.R. 924/S. 401) — would help get wind turbines up and running faster off our coast by providing federal tax credits to spur their development.