Key facts
- Revolution Wind can produce up to 704 MW from 65 turbines at full capacity, Orsted said.
- Orsted said Revolution Wind can power the equivalent of more than 350,000 New England homes.
- Orsted agreed to sell power to Rhode Island Energy, Eversource Energy and United Illuminating.
- BloombergNEF cut its 2035 US offshore wind forecast to 5.9 GW from 39 GW.
- The US Department of Energy has earmarked over $300 million for offshore wind research and demonstration.
- The DOE estimates over 4,000 GW of technical resource potential in federal waters and the Great Lakes.
Orsted's Revolution Wind offshore project came online in November 2026 after months of uncertainty and legal action, the Danish company said. The $6.2-billion wind farm can produce up to 704 MW from 65 turbines at full capacity and is the third utility-scale US offshore wind farm to reach full commercial operations, after South Fork Wind and Vineyard Wind near Massachusetts.
Orsted said Revolution Wind will provide enough electricity to power the equivalent of more than 350,000 New England homes. The company has agreed to sell clean electricity to Rhode Island Energy, Eversource Energy and United Illuminating.
The project's completion follows a period in which President Trump issued orders halting the development or operation of individual wind projects, resulting in numerous lawsuits. Several courts entered suspension orders against wind project operators, but several judges allowed operators to continue construction. Earlier in 2026, a US federal judge ruled against the Trump administration and allowed companies developing five permitted East Coast wind farms to continue construction.
Before Trump began his second term in January 2025, BloombergNEF projected the US would build 39 GW of offshore wind by 2035. It has since revised that forecast down to 5.9 GW, reflecting projects already completed or under construction at the start of 2025.
The US was slow to embrace offshore wind. The 30-MW Block Island Wind Farm, developed by Deepwater Wind, came online in 2016, and the first commercial-scale project above 100 MW, the 132-MW South Fork Wind, began operations off New York in 2024. The Biden administration set a target to deploy 30 GW by 2030 and approved 11 commercial-scale projects in federal waters, which if all developed were expected to provide 19 GW of clean electricity output. The Inflation Reduction Act of August 2022 provided economic incentives for the sector.
The US Department of Energy estimates the country has over 4,000 GW of technical resource potential, or 13,500 TWh of generation per year, in federal waters and the Great Lakes, and has earmarked over $300 million for offshore wind research, development and demonstration projects.