Winding up offshore: Dominion’s project still on track in the Atlantic
Wind turbines still on track east of Virginia Beach
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A schematic shows how power generated offshore will be sent back to land. The SCC will evaluate the proposed onshore routing of the lines, with a decision expected later this year.
Scale of current pilot turbines with Dominion's Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. (Dominion Energy)
These two pilot turbines are 27 miles off Virginia Beach. It will cost some $9.8 billion to erect 176 giant wind turbines in the ocean as well as the wires to bring the power to a substation several miles inland.
The turbines Dominion currently operates are part of a pilot project off Virginia Beach.
Turbines off Virginia Beach are part of Dominion Energy’s pilot program. The utility seeks to build a 176-turbine wind farm.
Dominion Energy built wind turbines off the coast of Virginia Beach as part of a pilot program.
This 2022 photo shows a turbine from Dominion Energy’s offshore wind project off Virginia Beach.
This turbine, shown April 11, is part of Dominion Energy's wind farm pilot project off of Virginia Beach.
Members of the media took a tour to Dominion’s offshore wind farm on April 11. Dominion, which has been operating two turbines about 27 miles east of Virginia Beach since 2020, appears poised to scale up offshore wind dramatically.
Members of the media take a tour to Dominion Energy offshore wind farm on Monday, April 11, 2022 in the Atlantic Ocean near Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Members of the media take a tour to Dominion Energy offshore wind farm on Monday, April 11, 2022 in the Atlantic Ocean near Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Members of the media took a tour to the offshore wind farm in the Atlantic Ocean near Virginia Beach on April 11.
Nearly two dozen projects have been submitted to the SCC for approval.
Foundations for 176 new wind turbines are scheduled to be installed starting in 2024.
The average sea level along U.S. coastlines is expected to rise about 1 foot over the next 30 years — the length of a typical home mortgage.
