Virginia has minor natural gas and coal reserves. Virginias waters also have high wind power potential. Virginia's energy demand is distributed among the sectors of the economy.
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- Virginia accounts for more than 5 percent of U.S. coal production east of the Mississippi River.
- Virginia's only petroleum refinery, in Yorktown, processes foreign crude oil delivered by barge via the Chesapeake Bay.
- Virginia has two nuclear power plants, which typically provide about one-third of the electricity generated within the State.
- Two of Virginia's coalbed methane fields are among the top 100 natural gas fields in the United States.