Siemens Gamesa to build first U.S. offshore wind blade factory in Portsmouth
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy S.A., a Spanish wind turbine company, will invest $200 million to build the first U.S. offshore wind turbine blade manufacturing facility in Portsmouth, creating 310 jobs, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Monday from the Port of Virginia’s Portsmouth Marine Terminal. Siemens Gamesa is a partner in Dominion Energy‘s 2.6-gigawatt, $7.8 billion [&helli[...]
Dominion Energy and Port of Va. reach lease agreement for offshore wind project
Dominion Energy Inc. and the Port of Virginia reached an agreement allowing Dominion to lease 72 acres of the Portsmouth Marine Terminal, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday. Dominion Energy will use its portion of the 287-acre terminal, one of the Port of Virginia’s two multiuse terminals in the Norfolk Harbor, as a staging and pre-assembly […]
Federal approval process starts for Va. Beach wind farm
Friday will mark an important milestone for Dominion Energy Inc.‘s wind energy plans, as the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management begins its two-year permitting and environmental review of the 2.6-gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. That’s the next step before construction begins in 2024, Dominion said in a news release. Gov. Ralph Northam and […]












