Dominion’s Plan for Biggest U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Advances (1)

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The Biden administration moved Dominion Energy Inc.’s proposed 2.6-gigawatt wind farm off the Virginia coast one step closer to development Thursday by beginning a keyenvironmental study on what would be the biggest offshore wind project in the U.S.The Interior Department said it would draft an environmental impact statement on the $7.8 billion project, a critical early step in the permitting process. Dominion aims to begin providingpower from that site about 27 miles (43 kilometers) off the Virginia coast by 2026.“The demand for offshore wind energy has never been greater,” Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said in a statement. Haaland, Democratic Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia and GovernorRalph Northam highlighted the plan at an event Thursday in Norfolk.