Offshore Wind Gets Green Light in Both NJ and NY

Above is a list of all pending offshore wind projects and potential lease areas in the Mid-Atlantic Region.

On June 21, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities awarded a 1,100 MW contract to Ørsted for the construction of an offshore wind energy project 15 miles off the coast of Atlantic City. The project is expected to have about 100 individual turbines. Construction is expected to begin in 2020 with the wind farm operational in 2024. On July 19, New York followed New Jersey and awarded two contracts for a total of 1,700 MW for offshore wind development. Ørsted and Equinor received contracts to build 880 MW and 816 MW of offshore wind, respectively. Equinor holds a lease area 20 miles off Sandy Hook. Equinor expects to use 10 – 15 MW turbines for the project, making the total amount of turbines for the project range between 54 and 82 turbines total.