Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project
completes the Permitting Council's FAST-41 permitting assistance
program
WASHINGTON, April 24,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Permitting Council (Federal
Permitting Improvement Steering Council) is pleased to announce
that Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind is the latest project to
complete its required federal environmental permitting review and
authorizations with permitting assistance from the Council. The
$9.8 billion renewable energy project
is expected to power up to 660,000 homes.
"Offshore wind energy is a cornerstone of the Permitting Council
portfolio, representing nearly half of the projects currently
receiving permitting assistance from our agency," said Eric Beightel, Permitting Council Executive
Director. "These final approvals for the Coastal Virginia Offshore
Wind project represent a significant milestone in our work, as it
is the largest offshore wind energy project in U.S. history,
helping to lead the way to a clean energy future
nationwide."
Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind is a 2.6 gigawatt offshore wind
project that will consist of 176 wind turbines 27 miles off the
coast of Virginia Beach. Expected
to create 900 direct and indirect Virginia jobs annually during construction,
project sponsors anticipate that it will avoid carbon dioxide
emissions equivalent to removing more than 1 million cars off the
road each year.
The project began receiving permitting assistance from the
Permitting Council in February of 2021, reaching the conclusion of
the process in just over three years. It now joins Empire Wind
Energy, Revolution Wind Farm and South Fork Wind Farm as completed
FAST-41 covered offshore wind projects.
Learn more at Permitting.gov.
About the Permitting Council
Established in 2015 by Title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface
Transportation Act (FAST-41) and made permanent in the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Permitting Council is a
unique federal agency charged with improving the transparency and
predictability of the federal environmental review and
authorization process for certain critical infrastructure
projects.
The Permitting Council coordinates federal environmental reviews
and authorizations for projects that seek and qualify for FAST-41
coverage. FAST-41 covered projects are entitled to comprehensive
permitting timetables and transparent, collaborative management of
those timetables on the Federal Permitting Dashboard.
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