Apex
Wind
Energy
,
based
in
Charlottesville,
wants
to
lease
116,000
acres
for
generation
of
up
to
1,500
megawatts
of
electricity.
The
number
of
turbines
that
could
be
placed
there
is
under
study.
A
spokesman
for
Seawind
Renewable
Energy,
located
near
Richmond,
tells
Recharge
that
it
is
interested
in
siting
240
turbines
offshore
that
could
provide
power
for
more
than
250,000
homes
annually.
He
declined
to
provide
more
details
about
the
proposal
or
the
company.
Apex
and
Seawind
are
members
the
Virginia
Offshore
Wind
Coalition
,
a
group
formed…
