Dominion Energy, the developer of Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) farm, has secured the final two main federal approvals wanted to start the development of the two.6 GW challenge.
The approvals are preserving the most important offshore wind farm within the United States on schedule to generate clear, renewable power to energy as much as 660,000 properties as soon as absolutely constructed.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) supplied its closing approval of CVOW’s Construction and Operations Plan (COP), which authorizes building offshore.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued its allow to permit for permitted impacts to U.S. waters, together with the route of the electrical transmission line that may join the clear, renewable power generated offshore to the electrical grid onshore.
“These regulatory approvals hold CVOW on time and on finances as we concentrate on our mission of offering prospects with dependable, inexpensive and more and more clear power,” mentioned Bob Blue, Dominion Energy’s chair, president, and chief government officer.
More than 750 Virginia-based employees – almost 530 within the Hampton Roads area – have been engaged on the CVOW challenge or with different companies supporting CVOW.
This work consists of redevelopment actions on the Portsmouth Marine Terminal, building of the offshore wind Monitoring and Coordination Center, maritime provisioning, ship maintenance, heavy carry and rigging, cyber safety, meals service and hospitality.
More than 1,000 native jobs will likely be wanted to assist ongoing operations and upkeep of this facility after the challenge begins business operation, based on Dominion Energy.
CVOW will include 176 generators and three offshore substations in an almost 113,000-acre lease space off the coast of Virginia Beach.
Some onshore building actions started in November 2023 following BOEM’s favorable Record of Decision and can shortly ramp up with these final approvals. In addition, preliminary offshore building actions associated to the export cable and the monopile basis set up is predicted to start within the second quarter of this yr.
