Inside the efforts to train talent for Virginia’s offshore wind needs.

RICHMOND - Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that ADP (NASDAQ: ADP), a comprehensive global provider of cloud-based human capital management solutions and business process outsourcing services, analytics, and compliance expertise, will invest $32.25 million to establish a regional customer service center in the City of Norfolk. The project will create about 1,800 new jobs.

VEDP President and CEO Jason El Koubi speaks with Bob Blue, CEO of Dominion Energy, Inc., about the company’s history serving commercial and residential customers and its efforts to shift the balance of its portfolio toward clean energy sources as it works toward its goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Will Payne is managing partner of economic development firm Coalfield Strategies, the director of InvestSWVA, a public-private partnership aimed at attracting companies to the western portion of Virginia, and an adviser to the Energy DELTA Lab research and development facility in Wise County.

April Wade is executive director of the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium (VNEC), which represents stakeholders invested in research and development, workforce, innovation, and advocacy for the nuclear energy industry.

Once limited from selling internationally, NOVA Power Solutions jump-starts its export program

Framatome, an international leader in nuclear energy, will invest $49.4 million to expand, modernize, and enhance its facilities in the City of Lynchburg, which will create 515 new jobs.

RICHMOND - Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that Norfolk Southern Corporation is investing $8.2 million to expand its corporate headquarters in the City of Norfolk to accommodate 165 new employees. The expansion and new jobs are the result of the consolidation of the company’s corporate offices in Norfolk and Atlanta and the closure of its Roanoke office building.