Energy Testbed Planned For Part Of Wise County

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin announces Tuesday a first of its kind energy technology testbed is planned for Wise County,Virginia near the Town of Pound. Officials says the initiative builds on the areas unique legacy with more than 100 thousand acres of land previously mined property, more than nine thousand gas wells, numerous mine cavities and water supplies provide the ideal setting for the commercialization of energy technologies including hydrogen, mined based geothermal, nuclear and solar energy.