Dominion Energy Inc. (No. 12) will begin construction in May on its 2.6-GW offshore wind project off the coast of Virginia Beach, Va.—which will be the largest in the U.S. when finished—after receiving a final federal air quality permit.
The firm also said April 15 that it completed land-based construction of Charybdis, the first U.S.-built offshore wind installation vessel that will be used to construct the $10-billion Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. The vessel was under construction since 2020 at a Brownsville, Texas, shipyard (see above). With its hull and four jackup legs finished, the 472-ft vessel was launched into a nearby waterway for added work by year end or early 2025 before it heads to Hampton Roads, Va.