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. As of 2019, it was involved in some of the largest offshore wind farm projects in the United States.

Deepwater Wind

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. It was acquired by Ørsted in 2019.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Block Island Wind Farm was commissioned in December 2016.

Projects Wind farm Offshore BOEM wind energy lease area StatesCoordinatesCapacity(MW) Turbines Developer/Utility Regulatory agency Status Block Island Wind Farm Offshore Rhode Island OCS-A 0486 (North Lease Area) 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 Ocean Wind 1Offshore New Jersey OCS-A 0498 (NJWEA South) east of Atlantic City (NJ)NJ1,10090 Haliade-X 12 MWØrsted PSEGNJBPUOcean Wind 2Offshore New Jersey OCS-A 0532 (NJWEA South)13 nautical miles- east of Atlantic City (NJ)NJ1,148Ørsted Sunrise Wind Offshore Massachusetts & Rhode IslandOCS-A 0486 (North Lease Area) east of Montauk Point, Long Island (NY) & southeast of Block Island (RI) NY 880 Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0–167 ØrstedEversourceCon Ed TransmissionNew York Power Authority NYSERDA Revolution Wind Offshore Rhode IslandOCS-A 0486 (North Lease Area) halfway between Montauk Point (NY) & Martha’s Vineyard (MA) RICT 700 Siemens Gamesa 8MW SG 8.0–167 ØrstedEversourceNational GridUnited Illuminating Connecticut DEEPRhode Island PUC South Fork Massachusetts & Rhode IslandOCS-A 0486 (North Lease Area) southeast of Montauk Point, Long Island (NY) & southeast of Block Island (RI) NY 130 8 Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0–167 ØrstedEversourceLong Island Power Authority NYSERDA Skipjack Offshore DelawareOCS-A 0519 from Maryland coast and Delaware state line MD 120 10 12MW GE Haliade-X Ørsted Maryland PSC Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind – Pilot Project Offshore VirginiaOCS-A 0497 25 nautical miles east of Cape Henry (VA) VA 12 2 x 6MWSiemens Gamesa SWT-6.0–154 ØrstedDominion Energy Virginia Department of Mines Minerals and Energy (DMME)BOEM Operational Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Offshore VirginiaOCS-A 0483 25 to 35 nautical miles east of Cape Henry (VA) VA 2640 TBA Dominion Energy BOEM

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 Wind power in the United States List of offshore wind farms in the United States List of offshore wind farms List of onshore wind farms

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