YORKTOWN — Leadership of Naval Weapons Station Yorktown and Dominion Energy have signed an agreement to work together to build energy resiliency at the station.

Potential projects at the weapons station could include solar farms, turbine energy or a small modular nuclear reactor.

Cpt. Dan Patrick said it has been a goal of his to have more sustainable power sources for the station. Over the next decade, power demand in Virginia is going to increase , so having a diverse source of power is necessary for the station to continue providing weapons support to other military installations across the East Coast, he said. Dominion has forecasted a 5.5% annual demand increase over the next decade and double by 2039.

Dominion Energy and the installation have worked for about 18 months ahead o

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