The commercial-scale project will build on the success of the pilot and will consist of 176 wind turbines generating a total of 2.6-gigawatts - which is enough clean, sustainable energy to power up to 660,000 homes.
It is the first offshore wind farm installed in federal waters and the only project developed and owned by an electric utility company.
The pilot represents a series of firsts for Dominion Energy and the United States. Located 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, the CVOW pilot project, which became operational in October 2020, consists of two wind turbines generating 6-megawatts each. The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project consists of two portions: a pilot and a commercial-scale project. And by harnessing the power of the wind, CVOW will avoid or displace the carbon equivalent of removing 1 million non-electric cars from the road each year.ĬVOW will also serve as a critical resource for meeting the clean energy goals of the Commonwealth of Virginia and addressing the growing threat of climate change across our most vulnerable communities.ĬVOW is equally important for a diverse energy supply, which is essential for reliability, energy independence, and energy security while significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions.Īnchored in Hampton Roads, CVOW is transforming the local economy by attracting economic development opportunities and creating hundreds of good-paying clean energy jobs, millions in tax revenues and hundreds of millions in economic benefits. Once fully constructed in 2026, CVOW will generate enough clean, sustainable energy to power up to 660,000 homes. It’s called the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project and it is the largest project of its kind in the United States. This is a developing story, so anyone with more information can email to send a tip.Our Clean Energy Future The future of clean energy in America is being built 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach. Nearly 5,000 Dominion Energy customers in Louisa County also remained powerless Tuesday afternoon.Ĭall 86 to report an outage or receive an update. But today, our crews are going to be out in force, and they will be working safely and quickly to ensure that all of our customers get their power back on as soon as possible."
"In large part because of dangerous travel conditions and dangerous working conditions really slowed the restoration process yesterday. "In some of the hardest-hit areas, which includes from the rural areas in Richmond like Goochland, to prepare for a multi-day outage restoration event," Dominion representative Jeremy Slayton said. Nearly 8,000 of those outages were reported in Central Virginia, of which nearly 5,000 were in Goochland.ĭominion Energy advised those without power that it could take crews several days to get the current up and running to their homes again. More than 120,000 Dominion Energy customers remained without power Tuesday afternoon in Virginia.
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