
Grande Dixence is the tallest gravity dam in the world. (Credit: Sandy Hausman)
Faced with worrisome warnings of climate change, Virginia is weighing green options for producing energy.
Solar and wind are sources favored by this state’s two largest utilities, but what about water power? Virginia is blessed with mountains and rivers.
Sandy Hausman traveled to a place where dams provide 60-percent of the power to report on the prospects for hydro in Virginia.