Revolution Wind, a 704-megawatt farm near Connecticut and Rhode Island, is now fully running

Ørsted told investors on Nov. 5 that Revolution Wind, its 704-megawatt offshore array southeast of Point Judith, Rhode Island, reached commercial operation in October. All 65 turbines are installed, with the last one going up in September, and the company says the project is generating up to its full capacity. Canary Media puts the price tag at $6.2 billion and counts it as the third major U.S. offshore wind farm to finish construction.

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Output figures have not been disclosed, so full capacity describes what the array can deliver, not a measured production record.

Ørsted’s earnings update and the 65-turbine build

The Ørsted earnings announcement lists Revolution Wind as reaching commercial operations in October 2026 under offtake contracts with utilities in Connecticut and Rhode Island, with installation of the remaining turbines completed in the third quarter. Canary Media’s report adds that the farm began producing smaller amounts of power in spring 2026, and that it follows South Fork Wind in New York and Vineyard Wind in Massachusetts as the third utility-scale offshore project in full commercial service. Ørsted said in an emailed statement that the farm can supply the equivalent of more than 350,000 New England homes.

Hillary Bright, executive director of Turn Forward, called the project an essential boost of utility-scale electricity for a power-hungry Northeast.

Connecticut and Rhode Island contracts and prices

The farm sits about 15 nautical miles southeast of Point Judith, and construction began in 2023. According to a Connecticut state release, Connecticut buys 304 megawatts of the output and Rhode Island the remaining 400 megawatts. Connecticut’s share is expected to meet about 5% of the state’s electricity demand, and the whole project is roughly 2.5% of the regional supply. Acting DEEP Commissioner Emma Cimino credited the state’s 2018 and 2019 competitive procurements, which selected the project, and said it will save ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars a year. Governor Ned Lamont called it a significant milestone and noted that it overcame challenges from the federal administration.

Canary Media names the buyers as Rhode Island Energy, Eversource Energy and United Illuminating. The Connecticut Mirror reported that Eversource and United Illuminating customers pay $99 per megawatt-hour, recovered through the public benefits charge, and that the state energy department estimates savings of about $500 million annually starting in 2028 because the wind power is cheaper than other sources. Eversource spokesman William Hinkle called it an important milestone that adds needed generation as demand rises. State Sen. Norm Needleman, co-chair of the Energy Committee, told Connecticut Public it was about time the project came fully online.

Stop-work orders and the pending remand request

Getting here took repeated court fights. Canary Media recounts that the Interior Department issued a stop-work order in August 2025 citing unspecified national security threats, and that a federal judge overturned it about a month later. In late December 2025 the administration issued new stop-work orders covering all five offshore wind projects then under construction, and judges struck them down one by one. The Connecticut Mirror says the orders cited possible interference with military radar and that a judge rejected those arguments.

A case remains open. Offshore Wind Biz reported that the Justice Department and Interior filed a motion on Oct. 9 in federal court in Washington, D.C., asking that the 2023 approval of the construction and operations plan be sent back to Interior so it can reassess compliance with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Environmental groups led by Green Oceans sued over that approval in 2024. The Connecticut Mirror places the request before Judge Royce C. Lamberth, and Canary Media says it did not immediately affect operations.

Grid operators have already noticed. Connecticut Public reported that ISO New England saw offshore and land-based wind farms in the region produce more electricity than all of New Hampshire’s gas and hydropower plants combined, and that Revolution Wind and Vineyard Wind helped push September’s wind generation above 2,000 megawatts. Needleman argued that offshore wind provides stable, carbon-free power in winter, when gas shortages and reliability are concerns, and Chris Phelps, state director of Environment Connecticut, called the farm a large new source of clean, pollution-free electricity. Canary Media says the completed projects helped ease grid stress during extreme weather.

Ownership is shared. Offshore Wind Biz lists the 704-megawatt project as owned by Ørsted and Skyborn Renewables and describes it as in final commissioning when the remand motion was filed, with electricity flowing since March 2026.

The wider market tells the same story of delay. Canary Media notes that BloombergNEF projected 39 gigawatts of U.S. offshore wind by 2035 before the current administration took office and now expects 5.9 gigawatts. Ørsted’s 924-megawatt Sunrise Wind off Long Island has all of its turbine foundations installed, with full operation expected in the second half of 2027. For Revolution Wind, the unresolved question is whether Lamberth grants the remand and what, if anything, Interior does with a farm that is already delivering power.

This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.

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