RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion
Energy is proposing the largest offshore wind development in the
country to provide more renewable energy to its customers in the
Commonwealth and provide a boost to the offshore wind industry on
the East Coast.
The 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 transmission grid.
Dominion Energy's filing is a vital first step to move forward
in developing Virginia's full
offshore wind potential. The company looks forward to working with
the Northam Administration and other partners on next steps in
public policy needed to realize both the clean energy and economic
potential of offshore wind.
"Offshore wind is an excellent renewable energy source and this
filing with PJM shows how serious we are about bringing
commercial-scale offshore wind to Virginia, giving our customers what they have
asked for – more renewable energy," said Mark D. Mitchell, vice president of generation
construction. "Governor Ralph
Northam has made it clear Virginia is committed to leading the way in
offshore wind. We are rising to this challenge with this
2,600-megawatt commercial offshore wind development."
Dominion Energy is aggressively pursuing a clean energy future
anchored by a 55 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2030. To
accomplish this goal, the company is investing in solar and wind
energy partnered with zero-carbon nuclear and low-carbon natural
gas. The company also has planned investments in battery storage,
pumped hydroelectric storage and other resources that can support
the intermittent nature of solar and wind.
If approved, the project would be located in the 112,800 acres
Dominion Energy currently is leasing from the Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach. Following the key filing with
PJM, ocean survey work is expected to begin in 2020 and a
Construction and Operations Plan will be submitted in 2022.
Building on an expected successful deployment of the Coastal
Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project in 2020, Dominion Energy
plans to move forward with its commercial offshore wind project in
three phases, each totaling 880 megawatts. The first phase of the
buildout will support initial generation of wind energy by 2024.
Additional phases will come online in 2025 and 2026, totaling more
than 2,600 megawatts of energy, enough to power 650,000 homes
during peak wind.
The company began construction in June on the 12-megawatt CVOW
project, which is the first fully permitted wind project in U.S.
federal waters. Dominion Energy will leverage key learnings from
the permitting, design and development of that project as it goes
through a similar process for commercial offshore wind
development.
About Dominion Energy
Nearly 7.5 million customers in
18 states energize their homes and businesses with electricity or
natural gas from Dominion Energy (NYSE: D), headquartered
in Richmond, Va. The company is committed to sustainable,
reliable, affordable and safe energy and is one of the nation's
largest producers and transporters of energy with about $100
billion of assets providing electric generation, transmission
and distribution, as well as natural gas storage, transmission,
distribution and import/export services. The company expects to cut
generating fleet carbon dioxide emissions 80 percent by 2050 and
reduce methane emissions from its gas assets 50 percent by 2030.
Please visit www.DominionEnergy.com to learn more.
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