Denmark-headquartered offshore wind developer Orsted said its 704-MW Revolution Wind project off the coast of Rhode Island has reached full commercial operation. The company made the announcement in a Nov. 5 call with investors.
The project, connected to the New England grid, began producing power earlier this year. Revolution Wind is among the projects impacted by stop-work orders from the Trump administration, which has advanced policies detrimental to renewable energy and offshore wind in particular. Construction of the $6-billion installation began in 2023.
Trump administration officials in delaying offshore wind projects have said the installations could interfere with military radar. Federal judges in multiple cases have dismissed those claims and blocked the administration’s efforts to scuttle the projects.
Attorneys for the U.S. Dept. of the Interior last month asked U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth in Washington, D.C., for permission to remand and rescind the department’s 2023 approval of the construction and operations plan for Revolution Wind. That request is still pending. Lamberth has twice previously sided with the project’s developers in lawsuits against the Trump administration.
65 Siemens Gamesa Turbines
Revolution Wind features 65 Siemens Gamesa SG 11.0-200 DD turbines, the last of which was installed in September of this year. Orsted in a statement said the installation is “generating up to its full capacity” but did not provide more details. The project has power purchase agreements with utilities in Rhode Island and Connecticut, including Eversource and United Illuminating. “This is an important milestone which provides much needed new energy generation to customers at a time when demand is rising,” Eversource spokesman William Hinkle said in a statement.
“We continue to deliver on our strategic priorities, which is translating into consistent strong financial performance,” said CEO Rasmus Errboe in discussing the company’s financial report for the first nine months of 2026. “We’ve maintained industry-leading execution across our construction pipeline, adding 1.8 GW of renewable energy capacity in Europe and the U.S. over the past few months, supporting energy security, competitiveness, and decarbonization. Our results underline our ability to deliver on our strategic priorities as planned while continuing to pursue attractive growth opportunities in our core markets. We’re well positioned to deliver a strong year for Ørsted.”
Offshore Wind Portfolio
The company in late August announced the start of commercial operation for the 913-MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind project in the North Sea off Germany. That project is part of what the company said is part of its 8.1-GW offshore wind construction portfolio.
Orsted is continuing work on other offshore wind projects off the U.S. coast, including Sunrise Wind, a 924-MW installation off New York’s Montauk Point. It also has development plans for Skipjack Wind, a 1-GW facility off the coasts of Delaware and Maryland.
The Danish company developed the first U.S. offshore wind installation, Block Island, a 30-MW facility off Rhode Island that entered service in 2016. The company also developed the 132-MW South Fork Wind, the first offshore wind farm off the New York coast.
—Darrell Proctor is a senior editor for POWER.
