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Feb 4, 2025

Cost of Va. Beach wind farm increases by close to $1B

Eggs aren’t the only thing getting more expensive. The estimated cost to build Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project has increased from $9.8 billion to $10.7 billion, a 9% jump. Over the life of the project, the expected average impact to the monthly bill of a residential customer who uses 1,000 kilowatt-hours a […]

Jan 30, 2024

Dominion offshore wind farm earns final federal approvals

Richmond-based Dominion Energy has earned the final two federal approvals needed to move forward with the construction and operation of its $9.8 billion, 176-turbine offshore wind farm 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management granted final approval of the construction plan for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) […]

Nov 10, 2023

Siemens Gamesa cancels $200M Portsmouth wind blade factory

Amid failing turbine components and financial challenges, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy said Friday it has “discontinued” its plans to build the nation’s first offshore wind-turbine blade manufacturing facility at the Port of Virginia’s Portsmouth Marine Terminal. “Siemens Gamesa will continue to meet our obligations for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. [...]

The first eight monopiles for Dominion Energy's wind farm off the coast of Virginia Beach started arriving at Portsmouth Marine Terminal. Photo courtesy Dominion Energy
Oct 27, 2023

Massive foundation posts arrive for Dominion’s offshore wind farm

The first eight monopiles, the wind-turbine foundation posts for Dominion Energy’s $9.8 billion offshore wind farm, arrived at Portsmouth Marine Terminal on Oct. 19, and state officials and Dominion executives celebrated their arrival from Germany Friday. In a ceremony Friday, Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Dominion Chair, President and CEO Bob Blue and state and local dignitaries […]

aerial view of Portsmouth Marine Terminal
Aug 16, 2022

Skanska wins $223M contract for offshore wind farm prep

New York-based Skanska USA won the $223 million contract to redevelop the 72 acres of the Portsmouth Marine Terminal that Dominion Energy Inc. will use as a staging area for its $9.8 billion Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. The company announced the award on Tuesday. The CVOW calls for the construction of 176 wind turbines […]

Aug 5, 2022

SCC approves Dominion’s $9.8B offshore wind farm

The State Corporation Commission has approved Dominion Energy Inc.’s application for the proposed $9.8 billion Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project (CVOW), which calls for the construction of 176 wind turbines 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach. The Richmond-based Fortune 500 utility has already erected two pilot turbines for its 2.6-gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore […]

Nov 5, 2021

Dominion offshore wind farm cost climbs to $9.8B

Dominion Energy Inc.’s offshore wind farm will cost about $2 billion more than expected, the Richmond-based Fortune 500 utility’s chair, president and CEO, Bob Blue, said during a third quarter earnings call Friday. Instead of the previously estimated $7.8 billion, the 2.6-gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) commercial project will cost approximately $9.8 billion, Blue [&hel[...]

A rendering of Dominion’s Charybdis vessel, currently under construction. Image courtesy of Dominion.
Jun 1, 2021

Dominion vessel to assist in building Northeastern offshore wind farms

Dominion Energy Inc. has reached an agreement with two companies to charter its offshore wind turbine installation vessel to assist with construction of two offshore wind farms in the Northeastern U.S. The partnership with Ørsted and Eversource was announced Tuesday and comes six months after Dominion announced construction had begun on the $500 million vessel, […]

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