Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Pilot (CVOW-P)
Located 43.5 km (27 miles) east of Virginia Beach. Monopiles 7.8 m diameter, 877 t each.
Status
Operationallifecycle stage
Ownership
Dominion Energy — 100% ◆Location
United StatesNorthwest Atlantic
Technology
Capacity
12 MW ◆
Turbines
2 × 6 MW ◆
Model
Siemens Swt 6-0-154 ◆
Foundation
Monopile ◆
Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held ∴
Water depth
15–26 m ≈
Distance from shore
43.5 km ◆
Wind speed
9.0 m/s @ 100 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
Other ◆
Grid
No agreement · Jul 2019 ◆
Connection
Company substation near Camp Pendleton, Virginia Beach; … ◆
Schedule
FID
Jul 2019 ◆
COD
2020-Q4 ◆
Project timeline verified milestones only — each date carries its provenance mark
Dashed tick marks today (13 Oct 2026).
Announced-COD history: 2020-Q4→2020-Q4 · 2 recorded revisions · held (announced 2020-Q4, unchanged)
Revenue & offtake the regime the project was built under
Offtake regime on record
A built project sells its power under the contract or support regime it was financed with; it is not expected to bid into new government offtake rounds. Where the record does not yet name that regime, the row says so rather than guessing.
Installation how the build is going · from sourced statements and Hafrok’s registers
Installation complete
Installation · on record
StageOperational
In operation since2020-Q4
Offshore construction2020-05 → 2020-Q4
Sources & verification
Rests on 11 sources (5 primary) · ◆ 7 documents held
◆Verified≈Modelled◇Sourced∴Inferred⌁Convention○Unverified∅No source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
Regulator3
[1]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)2016-03-24◆ BOEM approves VOWTAP Research Activities…
“today the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced its approval of the first wind energy Research Activities Plan (RAP) for a facility to be located in U.S. federal waters [...] clearing the…”
supportsConsentTurbinesUnit capacityTotal capacityConsent applied+1 more
[2]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)2019-06◆ Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project (…
“In June 2019, BOEM announced the approval of the Research Activities Plan revision ... A Research Activities Plan (RAP) was submitted by DMME to BOEM in December 2013 for the Virginia Offshore Wind Te…”
supportsConsentConsent appliedConsent granted
[11]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)2026-08-23◆ US BOEM offshore-wind register (FR docum…
“Lease row OCS-A 0497: companies ['Virginia Department of Energy']; lease_dates ['04/01/2015']; lease_terms ['30 Years']; states ['Virginia']; block_count 7.”
supportsRegister entry
Operator3
[3]
Dominion Energy2019-07-01◆ Construction Begins on Dominion Energy O…
“Dominion Energy formally began construction on the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, breaking ground to install a half-mile conduit, which will hold the final stretch of cables connecting the tu…”
supportsoperatorFinal investment decisionOnshore constructionOffshore constructionSite rights+4 more
[5]
Dominion Energy2020-06-29◆ Dominion Energy Completes Construction o…
“The first offshore wind farm to be approved by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and installed in federal waters, and second constructed in the United States, was built safely and on schedu…”
supportsTurbinesTotal capacityDistance from shore
[7]
Dominion Energy2020-10-14
“CVOW is the only project currently permitted under the BOEM process and will be the first fully operational wind power generation facility in U.S. federal waters with the capability to generate enough…”
supportsCommercial operationCOD historyTurbinesTotal capacity
Trade press5
[4]
offshoreWIND.biz2020-06-23◆ First Wind Turbine Installed in US Feder…
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsOnshore constructionOffshore constructionSite rightsTurbinesModel+2 more
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