Virginia's Giant Offshore Wind Farm Hits 70% Complete

The massive spinning turbines rising from the Atlantic Ocean off Virginia's coast represent something remarkable: the country's largest offshore wind farm is nearly three-quarters complete and preparing to deliver its first burst of clean energy within weeks.

Dominion Energy's Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project has reached the 70% completion mark, with crews working through the final and most delicate phase of installing 176 giant turbines 27 miles offshore. The 2.6-gigawatt farm will generate enough electricity to power over 600,000 homes once fully operational.

The project team has already finished major milestones that seemed impossible just years ago. All three offshore substations now stand in the ocean, including the final platform installed just last weekend. Workers have driven massive steel monopiles into the seafloor faster than expected and completed laying miles of underwater cables to carry electricity back to shore.

The onshore connections are ready to accept the first power flowing from ocean winds to Virginia's grid by March. That makes this project not just big, but fast.

CEO Robert Blue explained that turbine installation is moving deliberately as crews perfect their technique. After a learning experience with the first turbine that required replacing a damaged blade, the team is taking extra care to get each installation right.

Why This Inspires

This project proves that America can build big, complex clean energy infrastructure that actually works. While the $11.5 billion price tag sounds massive, it represents a genuine commitment to powering the future without fossil fuels.

Virginia's data center boom, driven by artificial intelligence and military shipbuilding, needs enormous amounts of reliable electricity. This offshore wind farm delivers that power from an endless resource: Atlantic Ocean breezes that blow strongest when air conditioners run hardest on summer afternoons.

The installation vessel and hundreds of workers have pushed through winter weather, regulatory pauses, and the normal challenges of pioneering technology. Each turbine they raise represents real progress toward energy independence and cleaner air.

Most turbines will spin into action by the end of 2026, with the final installations completing in early 2027. Unlike a single power plant that switches on all at once, this farm will grow stronger with each new turbine connected, sending more clean electrons through Virginia's power lines every week.

The same determination building this ocean farm is spreading across Dominion's service area, where the company plans to invest $65 billion over five years in cleaner, more reliable power infrastructure. When future generations look back, they'll see this moment as when America's offshore wind industry truly took off.