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Dominion Begins Construction on Second U.S. Offshore Wind Project
Official Press Release Dominion:
Construction Begins on Dominion Energy Offshore Wind Project
Cable will be installed undersea next summer to connect turbines to energy grid / First offshore wind project in U.S. federal waters / Two 6-megawatt turbines will be located nearly 27 miles off Virginia Beach coast
Dominion Energy is formally beginning construction on the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, which will bring an important 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. Governor Ralph Northam, other elected officials, stakeholders and media were invited to the groundbreaking on July 1, to mark the beginning of onshore construction... ... More: Official Press Release Dominion
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