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The quantity of offshore wind producing capability that’s below building or deliberate in the US is in flux after two tasks in New Jersey had been canceled final yr. Of the 7,200 megawatts (MW) of capability reported in Could in EIA’s newest Preliminary Month-to-month Electrical Generator Stock, tasks totaling about 2,400 MW have been canceled since final December whereas others totaling 4,800 MW stay lively in varied levels of growth.

Canceled

In late 2023, developer Orsted canceled the two,400-MW Ocean Wind 1 and a couple of tasks in New Jersey, citing rising rates of interest, excessive inflation, and provide chain delays.

Underneath building

One offshore wind challenge is at the moment below building, and one other is awaiting business operation. Each tasks are anticipated to start operation in 2024. The 130-MW South Fork Wind challenge is awaiting business operation. It consists of 12 generators situated off the coast of Lengthy Island, New York. The challenge started producing electrical energy in March however has but to succeed in business operation, a stage when an operator formally declares a producing unit as on line and obtainable for business dispatch. It isn’t uncommon for electrical mills to provide vitality whereas they conduct assessments for weeks or months forward of the power being positioned into business operation.

The challenge below building is the 800-MW Winery Wind 1 challenge situated offshore of Martha’s Winery, Massachusetts, and it’s partially constructed. Of the 62 generators, 10 had been in place as of this previous February in response to the challenge’s co-owner Avangrid. The entire challenge is predicted to be on line by this fall.

Deliberate and going ahead

Different tasks are in varied levels of planning and growth.

Two tasks have began constructing foundations to assist offshore wind generators. This previous spring, builders Orsted and Eversource began constructing the vertical cylinders often called monopiles to assist wind generators on the 704-MW Revolution Wind challenge situated offshore of Rhode Island. In Could, Dominion Power constructed the primary monopile on the 1,265-MW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) Business Mission. The CVOW Business Mission follows a 12-MW pilot that Dominion introduced on line in 2021.

Though these tasks have began foundational work, Revolution Wind and CVOW Business Mission nonetheless present as pending regulatory approvals and never but in building as a result of mills have latitude to determine when to label a challenge as in building. Within the Kind 860M, some mills label a challenge as in building once they begin constructing elements, however different mills can wait till the development course of is additional alongside. Revolution Wind is predicted on line within the fall of 2025, whereas Dominion Power plans to start out CVOW in early 2027.

The 924-MW Dawn Wind challenge is certainly one of two lively tasks that New York State awarded in February, and builders Orsted and Eversource anticipate to convey it on line in 2026. Equinor has but to report back to EIA the second lively challenge, the 810-MW Empire Wind 1, as a deliberate challenge.

Deliberate and scaled down or on maintain

Different tasks in Maryland and Ohio, which builders nonetheless report as lively, have confronted some setbacks.

In January, Orsted withdrew from commitments to the Maryland Public Service Fee to construct the Skipjack 1 and a couple of tasks, totaling 966 MW, however continues to be persevering with with superior growth and allowing.

Late final yr, the developer of the 20-MW Icebreaker Wind challenge on the Ohio coast of Lake Erie halted the challenge amid rising prices and lack of funding.

Principal contributor: Stephanie Tsao. Article from As we speak in Power.