Dominion Energy

First offshore wind turbine goes up on federal lease

The wind turbine installation vessel Vole au Vent installs the first wind turbine in U.S. federal lease waters, as part of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, June 20, 2020. Dominion Energy photo.

Dominion Energy and offshore wind developer Ørsted have installed the first two wind turbines on a federal lease, a milestone in what backers hope is a first step toward arrays off Virginia producing up to 2.6 gigawatts of power.

The 459’x131’ wind turbine installation vessel Vole au Vent raised the first turbine to its tower June 20, and work was continuing Tuesday to hang rotor blades on the second unit of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind pilot project, said G.T. Hollet, director of...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/first-offshore-wind-turbine-goes-up-on-federal-lease/

Atlantic Wind Transfers secures another CTV services contract

Atlantic Pioneer

Atlantic Wind Transfers, Quonset Point, R.I., has secured its second long-term O&M Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) contract in the U.S. to provide offshore marine support services for the Siemens Gamesa offshore wind turbines to be installed for the first offshore wind project in U.S. federal waters. The project is being developed by Richmond, Va.-based Dominion Energy.

Atlantic Wind Transfers was selected by Dominion Energy through a competitive bid process. The crew transfer vessel will be based...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/atlantic-wind-transfers-secures-another-ctv-services-contract/

Atlantic Wind Transfers wins Virginia offshore wind CTV contract

Atlantic Wind Transfers, based in Quonset Point, R.I., has secured its second long-term Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) contract in the U.S. to provide offshore marine support services for the Siemens Gamesa offshore wind turbines to be installed for the first offshore wind project in U.S. federal waters. The project is being developed by Richmond, Va.-based Dominion Energy.

Atlantic Wind Transfers was selected by Dominion Energy through a competitive bid process and this contract solidifies the...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/renewables/atlantic-wind-transfers-wins-virginia-offshore-wind-ctv-contract/

Geophysical work underway at Virginia offshore wind site

The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project is starting with a pilot phase of two 6 MW turbines off Virginia Beach. Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority image.

A pair of Gulf of Mexico OSVs are at work off Virginia, conducting geophysical studies on a 112,800-acre federal lease where Dominion Energy and offshore wind developer Ørsted plan to build a 2,600-megawatt turbine array beginning in 2024.

Geospatial surveyors TerraSond contracted with Houma, La.-based Bordelon Marine to use the Sarah Bordelon and the Marcelle Bordelon, both 170’x36’x10’, 440.9 dwt, to start the work in mid-April in the lease area, 27 miles east of Virginia Beach.

“These surveys...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/geophysical-work-underway-at-virginia-offshore-wind-site/

Offshore wind turbines headed to Virginia; New Jersey launches ‘WIND Institute’

The flat deck carrier vessel Bigroll Beaufort left Denmark in mid-April carrying components for two 6-megawatt wind turbines to be installed off the Virginia coast. Dominion Energy photo.

Components for the first two offshore wind energy turbines to be installed in U.S. federal waters departed from Denmark, bound for Nova Scotia and ultimately installation off Virginia, project backers said April 21.

The pair of 6-megawatt Siemens Gamesa will be assembled by Dominion Energy and wind developer Ørsted for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW), a pilot project 27 miles offshore for what is planned to become a much larger array on a federal lease east of Virginia Beach.

The...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/offshore-wind-turbines-headed-to-virginia-new-jersey-launches-wind-institute/

Dominion submits proposal for largest U.S. offshore wind project

Offshore wind turbines. Clean energy. Dong Energy photo by MEDVIND/Bent Sørensen.

Dominion Energy announced today that it plans to develop the largest offshore wind development project in the U.S. to provide more renewable energy to its customers in Virginia and provide a boost to the offshore wind industry on the East Coast.

The Richmond, Va.-based 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...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/dominion-submits-proposal-for-largest-u-s-offshore-wind-project/

Construction begins on Virginia offshore wind project

The Lilligrund wind farm off Sweden. Siemens photo

Dominion Energy formally began construction on the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project July 1, which will bring a new source of renewable energy to Virginia customers.

The company is breaking ground to install a half-mile conduit, which will hold the final stretch of cables connecting the turbines 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach to a company substation near Camp Pendleton. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, other elected officials, stakeholders and media were invited to the...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/construction-begins-on-virginia-offshore-wind-project/

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