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Dominion offshore wind project in Virginia is back on track

Dominion offshore wind project in Virginia is back on track

Dominion Energy is reviving plans for an offshore wind energy project 27 miles east of Virginia Beach in a move it hopes will set the stage to make the Hampton Roads region a national leader in a still-developing technology. The company hopes to have two wind turbines — “taller than the Washington Monument” as CEO chief executive Tom Farrell put it — online by the end of 2020.

Dominion announces plan to revive offshore wind project near Virginia Beach

Dominion announces plan to revive offshore wind project near Virginia Beach

Visions of hundreds of wind turbines off the Virginia Beach coastline once again danced through the heads of politicians and business leaders after Dominion Energy on Monday announced a partnership with a Danish company that’s the world leader in offshore wind development.