Offshore Wind Virginia Tender

Project Location East CoastScope Dominion Lays Out Plan for 2.6GW of Offshore Wind in Virginia. Dominion Energy is proposing the largest offshore wind development in the country to provide more renewable energy to its customers in the Commonwealth and provide a boost to the offshore wind industry on the East Coast. The company filed an application with PJM the regional transmission organization that coordinates the electrical grid in all or parts of 13 states and the District of Columbia to interconnect the proposed turbines to the transmission grid. Dominion Energys filing is a vital first step to move forward in developing Virginias full offshore wind potential. The company looks forward to working with the Northam Administration and other partners on next steps in public policy needed to realize both the clean energy and economic potential of offshore wind. Offshore wind is an excellent renewable energy source and this filing with PJM shows how serious we are about bringing commercial-scale offshore wind to Virginia giving our customers what they have asked for more renewable energy said Mark D. Mitchell vice president of generation construction. Governor Ralph Northam has made it clear Virginia is committed to leading the way in offshore wind. We are rising to this challenge with this 2600-megawatt commercial offshore wind development. Dominion Energy is aggressively pursuing a clean energy future anchored by a 55 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2030. To accomplish this goal the company is investing in solar and wind energy partnered with zero-carbon nuclear and low-carbon natural gas. The company also has planned investments in battery storage pumped hydroelectric storage and other resources that can support the intermittent nature of solar and wind. If approved the project would be located in the 112800 acres Dominion Energy currently is leasing from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach. Following the key filing with PJM ocean survey work is expected to begin in 2020 and a Construction and Operations Plan will be submitted in 2022. Building on an expected successful deployment of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind CVOW project in 2020 Dominion Energy plans to move forward with its commercial offshore wind project in three phases each totaling 880 megawatts. The first phase of the buildout will support initial generation of wind energy by 2024. Additional phases will come online in 2025 and 2026 totaling more than 2600 megawatts of energy enough to power 650000 homes during peak wind.Siemens Gamesa has already agreed to deliver 6-MW units of its SWT-6.0-154 wind turbines for the 12-MW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind CVOW project which obtained in October key permits for the design fabrication and installation.