
Bradford Staffing goes green: Employment firm leading local solar energy push
Bradford Staffing has supplied employees for nearly 300 employers in the Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia. It’s now looking to supply its own power through solar.

Bradford Staffing has supplied employees for nearly 300 employers in the Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia. It’s now looking to supply its own power through solar.

In the run-up to a solar eclipse on March 20 of this year, European tabloids had a Y2K-style field day. In the middle of a bright, sunny day, European solar panels together produce about as much electricity as 90 large nuclear power plants.

Bridgewater College, 14 other private, nonprofit colleges in the Council of Independent Colleges in Virginia (CICV) and the U.S. Department of Energy have joined forces to help develop comprehensive plans for implementing solar power on area campuses.

Governor Terry McAuliffe released a Request for Information exploring whether solar energy development at, around, and/or atop state-owned property and/or buildings would make business sense, address state priorities and benefit the public.

Altenergy has opened a new branch and purchased the building at 331 North Lewis Street. Altenergy Incorporated is headquartered in Charlottesville, with branches in Staunton, Atlanta and Boise, Idaho.
Dominion Energy asked the State Corporation Commission to cut compensation rates for rooftop solar customers who send excess energy to the grid.
Lawmakers are pushing back against the termination of a program designed to lower energy costs and support affordable solar power.
Dominion Energy is planning a 1,700-panel solar installation on the new baseball stadium set to open next year in the Diamond District in Richmond.
In the 1941 short story Reason, science fiction author Isaac Asimov introduces a space station that produces energy by sending microwave beams to the planets.
Secure Solar Futures, a provider of on-site clean energy based in Staunton, signed an agreement with Prince William County Public Schools to install solar power systems on 12 school sites.