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How is Loudoun powered now? Loudoun County imports 100 percent of the energy it uses to power homes and businesses. In Virginia, 54 percent of the state’s power comes from coal and oil with about 35% percent of it derived from nuclear plants. |
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GEP/S’s proposal to construct a 750 megawatt energy facility will generate significant economic benefits to the community. It is estimated that this facility will generate millions of dollars in annual local tax revenue and users fees for Loudoun County and the Town of Leesburg, create hundreds of jobs during construction and use local vendors and their products during operations, all without the need for any taxpayer-funded infrastructure. |
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Green Energy Partners’ proposed power facility near the Capital Beltway will not only empower Loudoun County, but also serve as a national security measure. The following is direct testimony by Benjamin K. Sovacool on behalf of the Piedmont Environmental Council before the State Corporation Commission of Virginia. “Few question that energy security is a vital component of national security, and that the electricity demands of Washington, D.C., represent an important security concern. Loss of power in our Nation’s capital can have profound and lasting effects on critical infrastructure. Long distance transmission is not reliable.
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Who will buy the power? There are many power distribution companies in this area, including Dominion Virginia Power, NOVEC, Old Dominion Electrical Cooperative and PEPCO, among others. GEP/S hopes to eventually work with a local provider to bring Loudoun residents clean and efficient energy.
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Stonewall’s ability to bring Loudoun County its own clean power source is possible because of the type of plant we plan to build. According to many environmental organizations, old fashioned power plants we currently use are on average 38 percent efficient. That means many of the power plants that fuel our lives today are throwing away two-thirds of the energy they create. That’s not smart. That’s not clean. That’s not green. The combined cycle generation technology included as part of the plant will have an efficiency of approximately 58%, far superior to that of older generating plants that now serve Loudoun County. It is expected to operate as a primary or intermediate load plant depending on daily and seasonal power demand. This section will explain in detail the various components that will work together in the Stonewall Energy facility. |
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Surrounded by current and proposed industrial uses in Luck Stone Quarry and Loudoun Water, the GEP/S site, adjacent to those owners, might be the most uniquely situated piece of land in Loudoun County for a new power generating plant.
Natural Gas Lines: The proposed location for a new green energy facility includes two existing underground natural gas lines, Columbia and Dominion. One supplies gas that originates in the Gulf Coast and another that supplies gas that originates in the Ohio Valley. These pipelines connect to the major Transco pipeline and the liquid natural gas port in Cove Point, Maryland, among others. This redundancy will allow GEP/S to build a unique facility that will never need to burn diesel as a back-up fuel. Access to the Power Grid: There are two existing high-voltage transmission towers that traverse the site containing 3 separate transmission lines (one 500kV and two 230kV) that will allow ready access to the existing electrical transmission grid and allow power generated from the facility to be placed into the system. This means the Stonewall Energy Project will not need to install transmission lines from its location to connect with the grid. For the reasons stated above, this site is not suitable for residential units.
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The facility is proposed for 101 acres just south of Leesburg, on property with two existing natural gas lines and two existing electric transmission lines. For steam cooling, the plant would use up to 5 million gallons a day of treated wastewater it would purchase from Leesburg. The treated water is now discharged into the Potomac River.
GEP/S’s proposal to construct a 750 megawatt energy facility will generate significant economic benefits to the community. It is estimated that this facility will generate millions in annual local tax revenue and users fees for Loudoun County and the Town of Leesburg, create hundreds of jobs during construction and use local vendors and their products during operations, all without the need for any taxpayer-funded infrastructure.