Largest Offshore Wind Farm In The U.S. Gets Approval From Bidden-Harris Administration

The 2.6 gigawatts (GW) Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) assignment– what will turn out to be the US’ biggest offshore wind farm – got approval from the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (abbreviated the BOEM).

The BOEM successfully executed CVOW’s ecological review on 25 September and issued the Record of Decision today.

This is the fifth commercial offshore wind farm that will be approved since the Biden administration took over: It follows South Fork Wind, Vineyard Wind 1, Ocean Wind 1, and Revolution Wind.

CVOW, which is in development and will be owned by the electric utility major Dominion Energy, will feature 176 advanced Siemens Gamesa 14-megawatt wind turbines, three substations (offshore), and new transmission infrastructure (onshore).

Once the construction is complete in 2026, it will offer clean electricity for about 660,000 households and support approximately 1,100 jobs.

A CVOW pilot of two 6-megawatt wind turbines has been functioning onsite since 2020 (October).

The pilot is the first-ever offshore wind to be installed in the US federal waters.

On 27 October, the CVOW’s first eight monopiles reached Portsmouth, based in Virginia, on a vessel that sailed from Germany.

The Rostock, a German EEW SPC, built the offshore wind turbine monopiles – steel tubes that are driven within the seabed – and it is also going to manufacture 176 monopiles needed as part of the CVOW assignment.

Each will weigh 1,538 tons and have a diameter of up to 9.5 meters.

They will be installed on CVOW’s wind site (offshore), nearly 27 miles off the coast of Virginia. The construction is expected to commence next year.

Reference: Electrek

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