New Offshore Wind Projects Will Strengthen Northeastern Grids
Two offshore wind projects in the Northeastern USA recently achieved important milestones. In mid-March 2026, Ørsted’s 704MW Revolution Wind off the coast of Rhode Island generated its first power, while in April, the 800MW Vineyard Wind completed construction and activated its power purchase agreement with Massachusetts utilities.
By Sam Schacht, Project Director, Clean Energy States Alliance, USA
These enormous projects have been a decade in the making and provide an unprecedented addition of offshore wind power to the USA, delivering a massive injection of electric generation capacity at a time when load growth is generating serious anxiety among grid operators and policymakers.
