Dominion energy files construction and operations plan for largest planned offshore wind farm in USA
Dominion Energy announced that the company has filed with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) the required Construction and Operations Plan (COP) to build the 2,640-megawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) commercial project, the largest planned offshore wind farm in the United States.
The COP includes information about the construction, operations and conceptual decommissioning plans for Dominion Energy's proposed offshore wind farm to be installed within a 112,800-acre Commercial Lease Area located 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, which Dominion Energy obtained in 2013. Information about onshore and support facilities is included in the COP as well.
Data based on the results of the many surveys of the lease area – geophysical, geotechnical, biological, cultural, socioeconomic – are also included in the filing for BOEM's review, which will take approximately two years to complete.
The company earlier this year completed the construction of CVOW's first phase – the two turbine, 12-megawatt pilot project. Pending approval by the State Corporation Commission, the CVOW commercial project is on track to commence construction in 2024, and upon completion in 2026, will provide enough renewable electricity to power up to 660,000 homes.
During construction, the 2.6-gigawatt CVOW commercial project is estimated to generate nearly US$5 million per year in local and state tax revenue which increases to almost US$11 million annually once the project is commissioned and operational.
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