With customer electrical demand projected to rise at historic levels over the next decade, electric utilities need every available electron to maintain a reliable grid to keep the lights on for customers. For Dominion Energy, the largest electric utility in Virginia, one of the quickest ways to get a large injection of power onto the grid will be through its 2.6GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, currently under construction off the coast of Virginia Beach.
More than 50 percent complete and on schedule to be operational in late 2026, CVOW will be the largest offshore wind farm in the United States with 176 14.7MW turbines that will generate enough power for up to 660,000 homes.
“Power demand in Virginia is growing at higher levels than at any time since World War II, and offshore wind is critical to our diverse, all-of-the-above strategy to meet that increasing demand,” said Ed Baine, president of Dominion Energy Virginia. “CVOW remains on schedule to complete construction in late 2026 and will complement our extensive solar buildout and existing natural gas and nuclear fleet to provide our customers with affordable, reliable, and increasingly clean energy.”
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Stan Blackwell is responsible for the management of Dominion Energy’s Data Center Practice throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. Having been with Dominion Energy for more than 28 years, Blackwell has served in a variety of leadership roles in finance, accounting, electrical design, renewable product development, contract management, key account management, and economic development. He is also a current board member of the Data Center and Cloud Committee of the Northern Virginia Technology Council. Previously, he held financial roles at AT&T and NCR and served as a board member of the Central Virginia Better Business Bureau and the Central Virginia Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
