| Industry | Renewable Energy Solutions |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2019 |
| Successor | [1] |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Area served | East Coast of the United States |
| Products | Offshore wind power |
Number of employees | 150 (2019) |
Ørsted U.S. Offshore Wind is an offshore wind energy development group that is affiliated withØrsted, a Danish firm. It is joint headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island.[2][3] As of 2019, it was involved in some of the largestoffshore wind farm projects in the United States.
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| Industry | Renewable Energy Solutions |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 |
| Successor | [1] |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | United States |
| Products | Wind turbines |
| Website | dwwind.com |
Incorporated as Deepwater Wind, LLC of Providence, Rhode Island, the company's major investors includeFirst Wind, a developer of land-based wind projects in the United States;D.E. Shaw & Co., a capital investment firm with energy sector experience; andOspraie Management, an asset management firm interested in alternative energy markets.[4][5] It was acquired by Ørsted in 2019.[6][7][8]
In November 2017, Deepwater Wind pledged to fund a $1 million commitment towards theUniversity of Massachusetts Dartmouth's School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) and the Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Institute (MFI). The funding went towards Blue Economy Initiative, a project led by SMAST and the MFI in order to conduct thorough research on the relations between wild fisheries and offshore wind development, with a focus on commercial fishing activities, over a five-year period.[9]
The concept was set forth in a plan offered by then Rhode Island GovernorDonald L. Carcieri in 2006. The aim of the Carcieri plan was to develop large-scaleoffshore wind projects in the south-eastern New England region of the United States, and in the State of Rhode Island, in a bid to diversify Rhode Island's power supply with renewable energy sources. In June 2007, the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources determined ten sites in the region of ocean within the boundaries of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.[10]
On September 25, 2008, Governor Carcieri announced that Deepwater Wind was chosen as the successful developer to construct both a test site and the finalized plan for thewind power project – theBlock Island Wind Farm – off New Shoreham. The ocean facility is planned to provide 1.3 millionmegawatt hours per year of renewable energy at its completion — 15 percent of all electricity used in the state.[4][5]
In 2009, Deepwater signed an agreement withNational Grid to sell the power from the $200-million USD, 30-MW wind farm offBlock Island, at an initial price of 24.4 ¢ USD/kW·h.[11]
Block Island Wind Farm was commissioned in December 2016.
| Wind farm | OffshoreBOEM wind energy lease area | States | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Turbines | Developer/Utility | Regulatory agency | Status | Ref. | ||
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| Block Island Wind Farm | OffshoreRhode Island OCS-A 0486 (North Lease Area) | 3.3nautical miles (6.1 km; 3.8 mi) southeast of Block Island | RI | 41°06′52.96″N 71°31′16.18″W | 30 | 5 x 6MW Alstom Haliade 150 | Deepwater Wind (now Ørsted US Offshore Wind) | Operational[12] | |||
| Ocean Wind 1 | OffshoreNew Jersey OCS-A 0498(NJWEA South)[13] | 13 nautical miles (15 mi; 24 km) east ofAtlantic City (NJ)[14] | 160,480 acres (64,940 ha) | NJ | 39°21′58″N74°24′51″W / 39.366111°N 74.414167°W /39.366111; -74.414167 | 1,100 | 90Haliade-X 12 MW | Ørsted | NJBPU | [15][16][17][18][19] | |
| Ocean Wind 2 | OffshoreNew Jersey OCS-A 0532(NJWEA South)[13] | 13nautical miles-15 miles (24 km) east ofAtlantic City (NJ)[14] | NJ | 1,148 | Ørsted | [20][21] | |||||
| Sunrise Wind | OffshoreMassachusetts &Rhode Island OCS-A 0486 (North Lease Area)[22] | 26 nautical miles (30 mi; 48 km) east ofMontauk Point,Long Island (NY) & 16.6 nautical miles (19.1 mi; 30.7 km) southeast ofBlock Island (RI) | 97,498 acres (39,456 ha) | NY | 880 | Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0–167 | Ørsted Eversource Con Ed Transmission New York Power Authority | NYSERDA | [23][24][25] | ||
| Revolution Wind | OffshoreRhode Island OCS-A 0486 (North Lease Area)[22] | halfway betweenMontauk Point (NY) &Martha’s Vineyard (MA) | 97,498 acres (39,456 ha) | RI CT | 700 | Siemens Gamesa 8MW SG 8.0–167 | Ørsted Eversource National Grid United Illuminating | Connecticut DEEP Rhode Island PUC | [26][27] | ||
| South Fork | Massachusetts &Rhode Island OCS-A 0486 (North Lease Area)[22][28] | 26 nautical miles (30 mi; 48 km) southeast ofMontauk Point,Long Island (NY) & 16.6 nautical miles (19.1 mi; 30.7 km) southeast ofBlock Island (RI) | 97,498 acres (39,456 ha) | NY | 130 | 8Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0–167 | Ørsted Eversource Long Island Power Authority | NYSERDA | [29][30][31][25] | ||
| Skipjack | OffshoreDelaware OCS-A 0519[32] | 16.9 nautical miles (19.4 mi; 31.3 km) fromMaryland coast andDelaware state line | 26,332 acres (10,656 ha)[33] | MD | 120 | 10 12MW GE Haliade-X | Ørsted | Maryland PSC | [34][35][36] | ||
| Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind – Pilot Project | OffshoreVirginia OCS-A 0497[37] | 25 nautical miles east ofCape Henry (VA) | 2,135 acres (864 ha) | VA | 36°53′30″N75°29′30″W / 36.89167°N 75.49167°W /36.89167; -75.49167 (Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind - Pilot) | 12 | 2 x 6MW Siemens Gamesa SWT-6.0–154 | Ørsted Dominion Energy | Virginia Department of Mines Minerals and Energy (DMME) BOEM | Operational[38] | [39][40] |
| Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind | OffshoreVirginia OCS-A 0483[41] | 25 to 35 nautical miles east ofCape Henry (VA) | 112,799 acres (45,648 ha) | VA | 36°54′N75°23′W / 36.9°N 75.38°W /36.9; -75.38 | 2640 | TBA | Dominion Energy | BOEM | [39] | |
Ørsted also hasBOEM leases offshore Massachusetts and Delaware/New Jersey:
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