Dominion Energy, the Virginia-based power company, is proposing to build the nation's largest offshore wind development, a move expected to provide more renewable power to Dominion customers and provide a boost to the offshore wind industry along the Atlantic coast.

The company filed an application with the regional grid manager to connect the proposed 2,600 megawatt offshore development to the grid, which will be enough to power 650,000 homes during peak wind.

If the project is approved, the offshore wind farm would be located 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach on land Dominion is leasing from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. Ocean survey work is expected to begin next year and a construction and operations plan is expected to submitted in 2022.

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The first phase is expected to come online by 2024 and will be completely finished two years later.