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The U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), part of the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, became a U.S. territory in 1917 and is located in the Caribbean Sea, about 1,100 miles southeast of Miami, Florida.1,2 The USVI has no fossil energy reserves, but does have some renewable resources, particularly solar energy.3,4,5 The USVI. The USVI has no known crude oil reserves and does not produce crude oil, although a U.S. Geological Survey assessment in 2013 identified the potential for undiscovered crude oil resources in a subsea formation south of. The USVI has two separate electricity grids, one each on the two main islands, each with its own generating facilities. The generating units are. The USVI does not produce natural gas and has no known natural gas reserves. However, a 2013 U.S. Geological Survey assessment identified the potential for undiscovered natural gas resources in the same subsea formation. Less than 10% of the USVI's electricity generating capacity is fueled by renewable resources, all of it solar power. Customer-installed, small-scale rooftop panel systems account for about four-fifths of USVI's solar generating.