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Seatrium AmFELS launches first U.S.-built WTIV

Virginia power utility Dominion Energy reports that its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project has marked two milestones. In the first of these, its Jones Act compliant wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Charybdis is now in the water at the Seatrium AmFELS shipyard, in Brownsville, Texas. In the second, CVOW has received a final construction air permit from the Environmental Protection Agency. This is the 11th and final federal permit required to begin offshore construction and...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/seatrium-amfels-launches-first-u-s-built-wtiv/

Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind gains two key federal approvals

Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) location

Richmond, Va., headquartered Dominion Energy says it has received the last two major federal approvals needed to begin construction of its 2.6-gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, keeping the largest offshore wind farm in the United States on schedule to generate enough clean, renewable energy to power up to 660,000 homes once fully constructed in late 2026.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has provided its final approval of CVOW’s Construction and Operations Plan...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/coastal-virginia-offshore-wind-gains-two-key-federal-approvals/

Virginia offshore wind project marks a regulatory milestone

Dominion Energy reports that its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project reached a major regulatory milestone today when the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that it had completed its environmental analysis of the 2.6-gigawatt project planned off the Virginia Beach coast.

The Notice of Availability for the final EIS will officially publish in the Federal Register on Friday, September 29, 2023, though it is already accessible on the BOEM website.

“The completion of CVOW’s...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/virginia-offshore-wind-project-marks-a-regulatory-milestone/