An offshore wind project targeted by the Trump administration has begun sending power to New England’s electric grid, the developer said.
The Danish company Orsted said Revolution Wind is now generating power and will scale up in the weeks ahead until it is fully operational. Orsted is building Revolution Wind with Global Infrastructure Partners’ Skyborn Renewables to provide electricity for Rhode Island and Connecticut, enough to power more than 350,000 homes and businesses.
“This project is key to diversifying our energy supply and lowering utility costs for families and businesses,” Gov. Ned Lamont said, in a statement Saturday. “I congratulate the project’s developer and the many skilled Connecticut workers who’ve made Revolution Wind possible on achieving its first power deliveries to the grid. As Revolution Wind ramps up in the coming months, we look forward to it delivering affordable, reliable, clean electricity that will power 350,000 homes.”
Revolution Wind was one of five major East Coast offshore wind projects the Trump administration halted construction on days before Christmas, citing national security concerns. Developers and states sued, and federal judges allowed all five to resume construction, essentially concluding that the government did not show that the national security risk was so imminent that construction must halt.
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The Biden administration sought to ramp up offshore wind as a climate change solution.
But President Donald Trump, who often talks about his hatred of wind power, has said his goal is to not let any “windmills” be built. He has signed a spate of executive orders aimed at boosting oil, gas and coal.
White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said Friday night that Trump “reversed course on Joe Biden’s costly green energy agenda that gave preferential treatment to intermittent, unreliable energy sources and instead is aggressively unleashing reliable and affordable energy sources to lower energy bills, improve our grid stability and protect our national security.” Rogers added in a statement to AP that the administration “looks forward to ultimate victory on this issue.”
FILE – The logo for the Danish company Orsted is displayed on the exterior of the Avedore Power Station in Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Aug. 19, 2025. (Sebastian Elias Uth/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)
Orsted said that at a time of growing energy demand, Revolution Wind will provide price certainty and stability, citing a preliminary analysis by the state of Connecticut that estimates it will lower wholesale energy costs by about $500 million per year by 2028.
“Revolution Wind is adding affordable, reliable American-made energy to New England’s grid, helping to meet growing energy demand and lower consumer costs,” Amanda Dasch, chief development officer at Orsted, said in a statement.
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. Saturday said, “Revolution Wind’s historic start marks a new era in Connecticut energy. I am thrilled that it has begun delivering power to our state and others, despite despicable Trump Administration attempts to stop it.
“As we confront a growing energy crisis that reveals how vulnerable we are to relying on fossil fuels, this stable source of reliable and renewable energy will power the region for decades to come. I’ll continue to champion renewable energy efforts like Revolution Wind— lowering electricity costs, growing jobs and our economy, and protecting our environment,” Blumenthal said, in a statement.
Chris Kearns, acting commissioner of the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources, called the first power milestone a “significant moment for the state’s clean energy landscape.”
Orsted began construction in 2024 about 15 miles (24 kilometers) south of the Rhode Island coast. The wind farm has 65 of the 11-megawatt Siemens Gamesa turbines, and more than 1,000 people have been working on it.
Connecticut Rep. Joe Courtney, a Democrat, said that because this wind energy is directly transmitted off the New England coast, “its price will not be at the mercy of uncertain global energy markets.” The Iran war is disrupting world energy supplies, the global economy and international travel.
Courtney also said the milestone “never would have happened without talented Connecticut building trades workers, who persevered through the Trump administration’s illegal halt work orders.”
The order in December was the second time the administration halted construction on Revolution Wind. Work was previously paused Aug. 22 over national security concerns. A month later a federal judge ruled the project could resume.
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes said Saturday, “Today is good news for Connecticut and the region’s ratepayers, who will save hundreds of millions of dollars a year on their electricity bills thanks to Connecticut and Rhode Island’s efforts to bring Revolution Wind online.
“As we’ve seen from the harsh winter we’ve had, and the impacts to fossil fuel prices as a result of the Iran war, having diverse sources of stable, reliable power that both perform strongly in the winter and are insulated from geopolitical events is beneficial to Connecticut ratepayers,” Dykes said, in the statement. “These first power deliveries are an important milestone, with greater benefits yet to come as the project heads to completion and full operation later this year.”
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