Virginia's $11.5B Wind Farm Now Powering 660,000 Homes

After more than a decade of planning and months of federal roadblocks, Dominion Energy's massive offshore wind farm started delivering power to Virginia homes in March.

The $11.5 billion Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project is now the nation's largest commercial offshore wind farm. Its first turbine generates enough electricity to power thousands of homes, with more coming online as construction continues.

Located 27 miles off the Virginia Beach coast, the project faced a serious challenge last December. The Trump administration issued a 90-day stop-work order, citing concerns that the turbines interfered with military radar systems. Four other East Coast wind farms received the same order.

Dominion took the fight to federal court and won. A U.S. District Court allowed construction to continue, keeping the project on track.

Today, the wind farm is more than 70% complete. All 176 foundation posts stand firmly in the ocean floor, ready to support turbines that reach hundreds of feet into the sky. Three offshore substations are installed, and underwater cables snake across the seafloor, connecting everything together.

When finished in early 2027, the farm will include 176 wind turbines producing enough electricity for up to 660,000 homes annually. That's roughly 9.5 million megawatt-hours of clean energy every year.

The project powers more than homes. Virginia hosts the world's largest concentration of data centers, massive military installations, and major defense manufacturers. All of them need reliable electricity, and this wind farm helps meet that growing demand without burning fossil fuels.

The Ripple Effect

This breakthrough proves offshore wind works at a massive scale in America. Other coastal states watching Virginia's progress now have a working model showing these projects can overcome opposition and deliver results.

The wind farm also creates lasting jobs in installation, maintenance, and operations while keeping energy dollars local instead of importing fossil fuels. As more turbines spin to life over the coming months, they'll reduce carbon emissions equivalent to taking hundreds of thousands of cars off the road.

Virginia's coast now hosts spinning symbols of what's possible when communities commit to clean energy despite obstacles.