Dominion Energy has announced that 78 monopile foundations and 4 offshore substation foundations were installed for the 2.6GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project during the first installation season.
CVOW will consist of 176 turbines that will generate enough clean, renewable energy to power up to 660,000 homes. CVOW construction remains on budget and on schedule to be complete in late 2026. The project is now 43 percent complete. For the next few months, the company will focus on installation of the first offshore substation, continued export cable lays and onshore transmission construction, and placement of transition pieces on top of monopiles in preparation for turbine installation starting in 2025.
The monopile foundations, which are being staged at Portsmouth Marine Terminal, are single vertical steel cylinders manufactured by EEW SPC and are being installed into the sea floor to support the wind turbine generators supplied by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy. Consistent with the project construction schedule, monopile installations will resume in May 2025.
