Ørsted US Offshore Wind

Ørsted U.S. Offshore Wind is an offshore wind energy development group that is affiliated with Ørsted, 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 largest offshore wind farm projects in the United States.

Ørsted U.S. Offshore Wind
IndustryRenewable Energy Solutions
Successor[1]
Founded2019
Headquarters
Boston, Providence, Rhode Island,
,
U.S.
Area served
East Coast of the United States
ProductsOffshore wind power
Number of employees
150 (2019)

Deepwater Wind
Deepwater Wind
IndustryRenewable Energy Solutions
Successor[1]
Founded2007
Headquarters
Providence, Rhode Island
Area served
United States
ProductsWind turbines
Websitedwwind.com

Incorporated as Deepwater Wind, LLC of Providence, Rhode Island, the company's major investors include First Wind, a developer of land-based wind projects in the United States; D.E. Shaw & Co., a capital investment firm with energy sector experience; and Ospraie 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 the University 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]

Block Island Wind Farm

The concept was set forth in a plan offered by then Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri in 2006. The aim of the Carcieri plan was to develop large-scale offshore 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 the wind power project - the Block Island Wind Farm - off New Shoreham. The ocean facility is planned to provide 1.3 million megawatt 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 with National Grid to sell the power from the $200-million USD, 30-MW wind farm off Block Island, at an initial price of 24.4 ¢ USD/kW·h.[11]

Block Island Wind Farm was commissioned in December 2016.

Projects
Wind farm Capacity
(MW)		 Offshore BOEM wind energy lease area coordinates Developer/Utility Turbines States Regulatory agency Refs
Ocean Wind1,100MWOffshore New Jersey
OCS-A 0498
(NJWEA South)[12]		13 nautical miles-15 miles (24 km) east of Atlantic City (NJ)[13]160,480 acres (64,940 ha)39.366111°N 74.414167°W / 39.366111; -74.414167Ørsted
PSE&G		90 GE Wind Energy|
Haliade-X 12 MW		NJNJBPU[14][15][16][17][18]
Sunrise Wind880MWOffshore Massachusetts & Rhode Island
OCS-A 0486 (North Lease Area)[19]		26 nautical miles-30 miles (48 km) east of Montauk Point, Long Island (NY) & 16.6 nautical miles-19 miles (31 km) southeast of Block Island (RI)97,498 acres (39,456 ha)Ørsted
Eversource
Con Ed Transmission
New York Power Authority		Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0-167NYNYSERDA[20][21][22]
Revolution Wind700MWOffshore Rhode Island
OCS-A 0486 (North Lease Area)[19]		halfway between Montauk Point (NY) & Martha’s Vineyard (MA)97,498 acres (39,456 ha)Ørsted
Eversource
National Grid
United Illuminating		Siemens Gamesa 8MW SG 8.0-167RI
CT		Connecticut DEEP
Rhode Island PUC		[23][24]
South Fork130MWMassachusetts & Rhode Island
OCS-A 0486 (North Lease Area)[19][25]		26 nautical miles-30 miles (48 km) southeast of Montauk Point, Long Island (NY) & 16.6 nautical miles-19 miles (31 km) southeast of Block Island (RI)97,498 acres (39,456 ha)Ørsted
Eversource
Long Island Power Authority		8 Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0-167NYNYSERDA[26][27][28][22]
Skipjack120MWOffshore Delaware
OCS-A 0519[29]		16.9 nautical miles-19.5 miles (31.4 km) from Maryland coast and Delaware state line26,332 acres (10,656 ha)[30]Ørsted10 12MW GE Haliade-XMDMaryland PSC[31][32][33]
Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind - Pilot ProjectOffshore Virginia
OCS-A 0497[34]		25 nautical miles east of Cape Henry (VA)2,135 acres (864 ha)VA36°53′30″N 75°29′30″W1220202 x 6MW
Siemens Gamesa SWT-6.0-154		Ørsted
Dominion Energy		Virginia Department of Mines Minerals and Energy (DMME)
BOEM		[35][36]
Coastal Virginia Offshore WindOffshore Virginia
OCS-A 0483[37]		25 to 35 nautical miles east of Cape Henry (VA)112,799 acres (45,648 ha)VA36.9°N 75.38°W / 36.9; -75.382,6402026TBADominion EnergyBOEM[38]

BOEM leases

Ørsted also has BOEM leases offshore Massachusetts and Delaware/New Jersey:

  • Bay State Wind: Approx. 2GW offshore wind site off the coast of Massachusetts in conjunctions with Eversource Energy
  • Garden State Offshore Energy: An up to 1.2GW offshore wind site off the coasts of Delaware and New Jersey. Owned in a 50-50 joint venture with PSEG.

See also

References
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  30. https://www.boem.gov/sites/default/files/uploadedImages/BOEM/Renewable_Energy_Program/State_Activities/de_web_graphic(1).jpg
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  32. Rentsch, Julia. "Taller, more distant turbines put Ocean City offshore wind projects back under state review". Delmarva Daily Times.
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  37. "Virginia Activities, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management".
  38. "Dominion Energy - Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind".
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