Denmark’s Dong Energy has unexpectedly unveiled an agreement with utility giant Dominion to erect a 12MW pilot project off the coast of Virginia, in what could become just the second US offshore wind farm – and the first built along the mid-Atlantic coast.

Dong, the world’s leading offshore wind developer, on Monday announced a “strategic partnership” with Dominion to build the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project – known formerly as the Virginia Offshore Wind Technology Assessment Project (VOWTAP).