Dominion Energy completes turbine installation at offshore wind pilot project

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Dominion Energy Virginia has completed the installation of two turbines comprising the 12-MW pilot project at its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, off the coast of Virginia Beach County, Va. The Dominion Energy Inc. subsidiary, known legally as Virginia Electric and Power Co., will now conduct acceptance testing before connecting the turbines to the grid later in the summer. The two wind turbines, with 6-MW capacity each, were supplied by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA. The pilot project will not result in an electric rate increase under the provisions of Virginia's Grid Transformation and Security Act of 2018. The project is the first to have been approved by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and installed in federal waters, and the second to begin operation, Dominion said in a June 29 news release. Siemens Gamesa will provide roughly 180 wind turbines with a 14-MW generation capacity each for Dominion Energy Virginia's fullscale 2,600-MW offshore power plant. Survey and geotechnical work is still in progress on the full-scale project. These surveys will support the development of the project's construction and operations plan to be submitted with BOEM later in 2020, Dominion said.