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26 Dominion 2008
80 percent or more—in mercury, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides emis-
sions. The company is also investing in technologies that would reduce
carbon emissions. Dominion is a partner with Virginia Tech to demonstrate the
feasibility of storing carbon dioxide in unminable coal seams at a site near
our Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center.
Increasing Renewable Generation. Our efforts to harness cleaner,
greener power through wind turbines forged ahead in 2008. As I told you
last year, our company plans to achieve Virginia’s goal of having 12 percent
of base-year electricity sales coming from renewable energy by 2022 and to
attain a similar goal in North Carolina.
Your company overall has about 1,300 megawatts of renewable energy
from hydro, biomass and wind under development or in operation. In West
Virginia, we recently completed a wind farm with Shell WindEnergy Inc. In
Indiana, we are working with BP Alternative Energy North America on
that state’s largest wind energy project. The first phase went into commercial
operation in early 2009. Dominion is also in the early stages of development
for a wind project in Central Illinois. That project could produce 300 mega-
watts of clean electricity.
Cleaner Air in Virginia
Projected
emissions reduction
Percent
2006 20102007 20151998 2000 20042002
SO2 -81%
NOx -80%
Mercury -87% -100
-80
-60
-40
-20
0
Cleaner Air in New England
Projected
emissions reduction
Percent
Dominion began ownership of Dominion New
England (Brayton Point, Manchester Street and
Salem Harbor Power Stations) Jan. 1, 2005
2006 20102007 20151998 2000 20042002
SO2 -86%
NOx -80%
Mercury -88% -100
-80
-60
-40
-20
0