Dominion Energy has filed with the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) the required Construction and Operations Plan (COP) to build the 2,640 MW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project in the United States. The project is expected to enter construction in 2024 and to be commissioned in 2026. In May 2020, Dominion Energy selected Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy to supply 14 MW offshore wind turbines for the project. The order is subject to some conditions, including final investment decision (FID), governmental permitting, and other required approvals, and the number of turbines to be deployed will depend on project site conditions.
The CVOW project is part of Dominion's clean energy strategy, which aims to cut CO2 emissions from the company's power plants by 55% by 2030 and by 80% by 2050; the company is investing in solar and wind, battery storage, pumped hydroelectric storage and other resources that can support intermittent solar and wind generation. In addition, the CVOW project is expected to help the state of Virginia meet its target to produce 100% of its electricity from renewables by 2045.
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