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Battery separator manufacturer will establish over 1 million square feet of facilities on the Southern Virginia Megasite 

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that Microporous LLC, a leading manufacturer of battery separators, will invest $1.35 billion to establish a new manufacturing facility in Pittsylvania County. The company will develop two phases of the project on Lot 1 of the Southern Virginia Megasite, each facility phase being approximately 500,000 square feet. Lot 2 of the Megasite is anticipated to be under consideration ...

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is now accepting applications for the 2025 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards.

The DEQ’s awards are aimed towards facilities that have been taking sustainability initiatives, reducing their environmental footprints, and developing environmentally beneficial strategies. The awards can be applied to multiple types of programs and projects reflected in the list below. ...

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $18.6 million for 15 projects that will drive innovation in equitable clean transportation and provide first responders with the tools they need to properly respond to calls involving zero emission vehicles. The funding will expand DOE’S Clean Cities and ...

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a total of $380 million for the Virginia Port Authority to purchase new zero-emission cargo handling equipment and charging infrastructure at the Port of Virginia.

This grant funding was awarded through EPA’s Clean Ports Program — ...

Harrisonburg, VA – Virginia Clean Cities (VCC) at James Madison University was recently awarded $3.5 million by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to lead the Mid-Atlantic NOx Reduction (MANOR) Program II. The funding is made possible by the EPA’s National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program, which is dedicated to the deployment of EPA-certified clean vehicle technologies. The project will run from now until September 2026 in EPA’s Region 3, in Maryland, ...

On October 22, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) took a major step in bolstering Virginia’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure by issuing the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Phase 1-B Notices of Award. These awards are foundational to building increasingly accessible alternative fueling charging stations in close proximity to major federal highways. 

VDOT’s proposed awards ...

[Press release content courtesy of Interstate Renewable Energy Council]

In September 2024, the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) and the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) launched of Energy Ready, a suite of U.S. Department of Energy-funded programs providing free technical assistance to support local governments in navigating the expansion of clean energy technologies in their areas. Energy Ready includes programs for solar energy, electric vehicles (EVs) and EV charging infrastructure, and distributed wind energy. 

Energy Ready integrates a collection of new and ...

Come work for VCC! We are hiring a Clean Communities & Economic Development Director to serve Southwest Virginia!

The Clean Communities Economic Development Director, Southwest Virginia will oversee the expansion of efforts to advance air quality improvement, economic opportunity, and energy security through deployment of alternative fuel vehicles and infrastructure, educational programs, and other petroleum reduction efforts. Initial focus areas ...