July 1, 2024 — The 176,000-acre lease area is located directly east of where Dominion Energy is already building the nation’s largest offshore wind farm.
The federal government announced Friday that it will soon auction off two more offshore wind energy leases in the central Atlantic Ocean — including one off the coast of Virginia just east of Dominion Energy’s wind farm already under construction.
The Biden administration said in a news release that the auction on August 14 is part of its effort to fight climate change by expanding access to renewable energy sources. Under the current administration, the Interior Department has approved eight commercial-scale wind energy projects in federal waters.
The upcoming auction includes a 101,443-acre area about 26 miles off the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Delaware.