Wind Energy – CVOW
Dominion Energy’s $11.2 billion Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project off Virginia Beach‘s coast reached a major milestone last week, with the installation of the project’s first turbine tower.
The roughly 380-foot tower was installed on Wednesday, Dominion spokesperson Jeremy Slayton confirmed. He added that the nacelle, a cover that sits atop the turbine tower and houses the generating components, was also installed.
The tower was installed less than a week after the Richmond Fortune 500 utility won a preliminary injunction in federal court, allowing Dominion to resume construction on the CVOW project.
The United States’ first offshore wind turbine installation vessel, the Charybdis, played a key role in installing the tower last week.
