( L to R): Kit Chopin, Port of Virginia; Senator Frank Wagner; Bobby Dyer, Mayor of Virginia Beach; Thomas F. Farrell, II, Dominion Energy; Ralph Northam, Governor of Virginia; Paul Koonce, Dominion Energy; Senator Bill DeSteph; Hayes Framme, Ørsted
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam got a shovel July 1 to participate in a ritualistic ground damaging noting the beginning of building and construction of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) presentation job, containing 2 six-megawatt wind generators situated about 27 miles off the coastline of Virginia Beach.
This is the initial overseas wind job to be mounted in government waters. Dominion Energy is partnering with Ørsted to develop the job on 2,135 acres rented by the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals as well as Energy (DMME).
“The Virginia offshore wind demonstration project is another powerful example of the Commonwealth’s position as a leader in renewable energy,” claimedGovernor Northam “As the first deployment of commercial-scale offshore wind turbines in federal waters, I am thrilled that Virginia’s project will help determine best practices for future offshore wind construction along the East Coast.”
The ground splitting noted the initial onshore building and construction service the twelve megawatt job, which perseverance 3,000 residences. The CVOW job will certainly create r & d results that will certainly act as an initial step towards growth of commercial-scale overseas wind off the coastline of Virginia, consisting of the 2,000 to 2,400 megawatts of possible generation in a bigger wind power location that adjoins the CVOW job.
( L to R): Kit Chopin, Port of Virginia; Senator Frank Wagner; Bobby Dyer, Mayor of Virginia Beach; Thomas F. Farrell, II, Dominion Energy; Ralph Northam, Governor of Virginia; Paul Koonce, Dominion Energy; Senator Bill DeSteph; Hayes Framme, Ørsted
