Crews have installed the last of 65 turbines at Revolution Wind, the offshore wind project in Rhode Island Sound about 15 miles south of Little Compton, Ørsted confirmed Thursday.
“Commissioning activities continue across the project, with safety as the top priority,” the company said. “Revolution Wind continues to progress toward an anticipated commercial operation date later this year.” Upstream Online
The $6.2 billion project has been delivering power to the grid since March, though at partial output. Its 65 Siemens Gamesa turbines will produce up to 704 megawatts, split between Rhode Island, which takes 400, and Connecticut, which takes 304 — enough, the developer says, to power the equivalent of more than 350,000 homes. Canary MediaUpstream Online
Gov. Dan McKee marked the milestone Friday.
“From the beginning, we said we would see Revolution Wind through to the end,” McKee said. “We fought to keep this project moving because Rhode Island had too much at stake to walk away. Now, we can see the finish line.”
The project reached completion despite two stop-work orders from the Trump administration. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management halted construction in August 2025, citing national security, and a federal judge allowed work to resume in September 2025 while Ørsted’s challenge proceeded. A second order last December stopped work on all five offshore wind projects then under construction in the United States, again citing national security, and was lifted a month later. Major US offshore wind farm installs its last turbine | Canary Media +2
Ørsted owns Revolution Wind in a 50-50 joint venture with Skyborn Renewables, which bought Eversource’s share in 2024. Construction was staged out of State Pier in New London, with support from ProvPort and Quonset. Upstream Online
It is the third offshore wind project to finish construction in southern New England waters, after Vineyard Wind off Massachusetts and South Fork Wind, which sits less than 20 miles from Block Island and serves Long Island.
