Virginia the "Energy Capital of the East Coast"

Apex Wind Energy Inc. of Charlottesville is proposing to lease 116,000 acres for an undetermined number of wind turbines with the potential to generate up to 1,500 megawatts of power. This farm will be located twelve miles off the coast of Virginia Beach. Gov. Bob McDonnell has made offshore drilling and wind energy a focus of his new Republican administration and hopes to make Virginia the "Energy Capital of the East Coast" and the first to produce energy offshore.

Wind energy a is part of the renewable energy industry, which couldn't be happier with Obama's stimulus package. The President promises that his package "will double the amount of renewable energy produced over the next three years."