Construction on the country’s largest offshore wind project is more than half complete, Dominion Energy reported during its first quarter earnings call Thursday.
Company executives said they expect the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project to begin delivering electricity to customers in early 2026 and be fully built out by the end of next year.
The progress on the 176-turbine project is notable because it comes at a time when President Donald Trump has attacked offshore wind, halting work at a project off New York and pausing all new permits and leases. Dominion has loudly championed its wind farm, which will generate enough electricity to power 660,000 homes, saying it is the fastest and most economical way to meet surging electricity demand in Virginia. It will be the second-largest renewable project of any type in the U.S. when finished.
Dominion CEO Robert Blue expressed confidence CVOW won’t be stopped by Trump. Conversations with federal regulators “have continued the same way they have been for months,” he told financial analysts Thursday.
