US Offshore Wind Farm Progress — Chart

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The quantity of offshore wind producing capability that’s beneath development or deliberate in the USA is in flux after two initiatives in New Jersey had been canceled final 12 months. Of the 7,200 megawatts (MW) of capability reported in Might in EIA’s newest Preliminary Month-to-month Electrical Generator Stock, initiatives totaling about 2,400 MW have been canceled since final December whereas others totaling 4,800 MW stay energetic in varied levels of improvement.

Canceled

In late 2023, developer Orsted canceled the two,400-MW Ocean Wind 1 and a couple of initiatives in New Jersey, citing rising rates of interest, excessive inflation, and provide chain delays.

Underneath development

One offshore wind mission is presently beneath development, and one other is awaiting industrial operation. Each initiatives are anticipated to start operation in 2024. The 130-MW South Fork Wind mission is awaiting industrial operation. It consists of 12 generators situated off the coast of Lengthy Island, New York. The mission started producing electrical energy in March however has but to succeed in industrial operation, a stage when an operator formally declares a producing unit as on line and accessible for industrial dispatch. It isn’t uncommon for electrical turbines to supply power whereas they conduct assessments for weeks or months forward of the power being positioned into industrial operation.

The mission beneath development is the 800-MW Winery Wind 1 mission situated offshore of Martha’s Winery, Massachusetts, and it’s partially constructed. Of the 62 generators, 10 had been in place as of this previous February in accordance with the mission’s co-owner Avangrid. The entire mission is anticipated to be on line by this fall.

Deliberate and going ahead

Different initiatives are in varied levels of planning and improvement.

Two initiatives have began constructing foundations to help offshore wind generators. This previous spring, builders Orsted and Eversource began constructing the vertical cylinders generally known as monopiles to help wind generators on the 704-MW Revolution Wind mission situated offshore of Rhode Island. In Might, Dominion Power constructed the primary monopile on the 1,265-MW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) Business Undertaking. The CVOW Business Undertaking follows a 12-MW pilot that Dominion introduced on line in 2021.

Though these initiatives have began foundational work, Revolution Wind and CVOW Business Undertaking nonetheless present as pending regulatory approvals and never but in development as a result of turbines have latitude to resolve when to label a mission as in development. Within the Type 860M, some turbines label a mission as in development after they begin constructing parts, however different turbines can wait till the development course of is additional alongside. Revolution Wind is anticipated on line within the fall of 2025, whereas Dominion Power plans to start out CVOW in early 2027.

The 924-MW Dawn Wind mission is considered one of two energetic initiatives that New York State awarded in February, and builders Orsted and Eversource count on to convey it on line in 2026. Equinor has but to report back to EIA the second energetic mission, the 810-MW Empire Wind 1, as a deliberate mission.

Deliberate and scaled down or on maintain

Different initiatives in Maryland and Ohio, which builders nonetheless report as energetic, have confronted some setbacks.

In January, Orsted withdrew from commitments to the Maryland Public Service Fee to construct the Skipjack 1 and a couple of initiatives, totaling 966 MW, however remains to be persevering with with superior improvement and allowing.

Late final 12 months, the developer of the 20-MW Icebreaker Wind mission on the Ohio coast of Lake Erie halted the mission amid rising prices and lack of funding.

Principal contributor: Stephanie Tsao. Article from In the present day in Power.