Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, which will be the US’s largest wind farm when it’s complete, has sent its first power to the grid.
Dominion CEO Robert Blue confirmed the milestone on LinkedIn, writing that the wind farm had delivered its first power “right on schedule”:
This project is a critical part of Virginia’s all‑of‑the‑above energy strategy. As additional turbines are installed, CVOW will continue delivering more power on the path to full completion early next year.
The 2.6-gigawatt (GW) CVOW, 28 miles off Virginia Beach and under construction since 2024, is about 70% complete, with 176 monopiles installed. Two Siemens Gamesa 14 MW wind turbines have been installed, and power is currently being generated from one of them. The Charybdis, the first Jones Act-compliant wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), installed the wind turbines. Construction on a third is underway.
The turbines will be turned on gradually throughout the rest of the year. The project is scheduled to finish in early 2027.
Dominion Energy became the first of five offshore wind projects to sue the Trump administration after the US Department of the Interior ordered the projects, which were all then under construction, to stop offshore work on December 22.
On January 16, a federal judge issued an order granting Dominion Energy’s request for a preliminary injunction allowing construction to resume while the company’s lawsuit against the Trump administration’s Interior Department moves forward. Ultimately, all five offshore wind farms got court-ordered green lights to resume construction.
CVOW started with a price tag of $9.8 billion, but the cost has risen to $11.5 billion, thanks to the Trump administration’s tariffs and its December stop-work order.
When Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind is fully online, it will produce enough electricity to power 660,000 homes, and it is anticipated to save customers $3 billion during its first decade of operations.
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