The five largest offshore windfarms under development in the United States, as of January 2025, will provide enough electricity for over 5 million homes, along The East Coast.
Community Offshore Wind: Would be located off the coast of New York and New Jersey. The project is still in the early stages of development. It has the potential to become the largest offshore windfarm in the United States, providing power to around 13% of NY households.
Capacity: 2.8 gigawatts
Homes Powered: 1 Million +
Stage: early-development
Turbines Used: TBD
Leased Acres: 125,964 Acres
Distance from Coast: 56 miles off coast of NY (Long Island), 32 miles off of coast of NJ
Owners: RWE, National Grid Ventures
Completion Date: 2032
Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW): This is the largest offshore wind project currently under construction in the United States. It's development is led by Dominion Energy. It will help Viriginia balance the growing electricity needs of homes, businesses, and Data Centers (given that Virginia is the Data Center capital of the world).
The ever-increasing electricity demands of AI Data Centers helped the project secure financing, and a quick pace of construction.
Capacity: 2.6 gigawatts
Homes Powered: up to 660,000 homes
Stage: Construction is underway, and the project is expected to be completed in 2026
Turbines Used: 176
Leased Acres: 112,799 Acres
Distance from Coast: 27 Miles off coast of Virginia Beach
Owners: Dominion Power, Stonepeak
Completion Date: 2026
Atlantic Shores: This project started as a joint venture between EDF Renewables and Shell (Shell just exited). It will be located off the coast of Atlantic City and is expected to have a capacity of 2.6 gigawatts. While the project is still in the early stages of development, t it has the potential to become one of the largest offshore wind farms in the United States.
Capacity: 2.6 gigawatts
Homes Powered: 1,000,000+
Stage: Construction Plans Approved
Turbines Used: 200
Leased Acres: 183,353
Distance from Coast: 8.7 miles off of Atlantic City Coast
Owners: EDF Renewables, TBD (Infrastructure Fund, Private Equity, etc)
Expected Completion Date: phased, beginning in 2029
SouthCoast Wind: This project will provide electricity to Massachusettts and Rhode Island, states where customers pay some of the highest electicity prices in the U.S.
Capacity: 2.4 gigawatts
Homes Powered: 800,000+
Stage: Construction begins in 2025
Turbines Used: 141
Leased Acres: 127,000
Distance from Coast: 30 miles south of Martha's Vineyard, 20 miles south Of Nantucket
Owners: EDP, Engie, Shell
Expected Completion Date: 2030
Leading Light Wind: Began as the only American led offshore wind farm developed within the New York Blight (triangular area of Atlantic extending from Cape May to Montauk). Project experiencing delay, as it seeks to use more powerful turbines than other East Coast projects and there have been supply chain delays advancing the larger, more powerful turbines.
Capacity: 2.4 gigawatts
Homes Powered: 1 million+
Stage: Start contingent upon Turbine manufacturing advancements
Turbines Used: 100
Acres Leased: 84,000
Distance from Coast: 40 Miles off of Atlantic City Coast
Owners: Invenergy, EnergyRe
Fundting Parters: Blackstone Infrastructure Partners, CDPQ, FirstLight Power, and Ullico Infrastructure Fund
Completion Date: 2031
The impact of these projects will be expansive, as they will provide electricity to millions of homes, power economic growth, and support AI data centers, while also helping the US compete with China's leadership in offshore wind technology