Virginia will soon have the US' largest offshore wind farm
Abstract
The state has just agreed to let Dominion Energy build a 176-turbine wind farm 27 miles off Virginia Beach’s coast. By 2026, the project plans to be generating sufficient power to provide for the needs of up to 660,000 homes. The project, called Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, will cost about $9.8 billion. Dominion estimates that it will save Virginia customers $3 billion. The first phase of two test turbines that generate twelve megawatts of power will be launched in late 2020. The Sierra Club intervened in earlier proceedings to make sure that Dominion complied with the Virginia Clean Economy Act’�s requirement that addresses equitable hiring practices. If the prices of commodities continue to spike, this figure could nearly double.
