The offshore construction of the Baltic Power offshore wind farm, a joint venture between Orlen Group and Northland Power, has begun with the installation of monopile foundations in the Baltic Sea. The first two of 78 steel-structured monopiles have been installed.

In its latest Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), Dominion projected a more than 100 percent increase in energy usage over the next 15 years, driven primarily by data center growth. The IRP envisioned 80 percent of this generation to come from low-carbon sources, demonstrating the importance of large offshore wind in its approach.

Richmond-based Dominion Energy Inc. said this week the projected total price tag of its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project has increased by about 9% to $10.7 billion, up from a previous estimate of $9.8 billion.

U.S. President Donald Trump suspended new federal offshore wind leasing on his first day back in the Oval Office on Jan. 20, pending an environmental and economic review.

Wind farms in the North and Baltic Seas are making a significant contribution to Germany's energy transition, and their share of electricity generation is increasing. Last year, offshore wind energy generated a total of 25.

Dominion Energy customers will help pay for the $900 million increase in cost to a wind farm going off the Virginia Beach coast.