West Virginia State Profile and Energy Estimates
West Virginia is the nation’s fifth-largest energy producer and has abundant fossil energy and renewable resources. Located in the center of the Appalachian Mountain region, West Virginia’s boundaries follow the region’s mountain ridges, valleys, and rivers, giving the state an unusual outline that includes two panhandles. Although it is one of the 10 smallest states in total area, West Virginia stretches from the Ohio River, where the state’s northern panhandle is wedged between Pennsylvania and Ohio, to a point almost 240 miles away on the state’s southern border with Virginia.