Revolution Wind, which is 80 percent complete, is set to provide 704 MW of power generation to Connecticut and Rhode Island in 2026, and sparked investments in Louisiana and New England shipyards, purchased export cables from a South Carolina factory, and spurred a steel supply chain that crossed New York and created hundreds of unions jobs in Providence, Rhode Island.
“Today’s decision allowing work to resume on Revolution Wind is welcome news for the hundreds of skilled workers who can now return to their jobs while the legal process continues” said Oceantic Network CEO Liz Burdock. “Revolution Wind is critical to securing New England's electric grid, lowering energy costs for businesses and families, strengthening the local supply chain, and achieving energy independence. This Made in America energy project is putting Americans to work building reliable, affordable power to communities across New England that desperately need it.”
Revolution Wind is the second of three offshore wind farms being developed by Ørsted off Rhode Island. The project had completed all turbine foundations at the time of the stop work order and 45 turbines, out of the total of 65, had successfully been installed.
The wind farm is expected to power 350,000 US homes. 179 US supplier companies have fulfilled or are currently fulfilling 183 contracts for the project. This supply chain extends across more than 34 states, including Louisiana, Ohio, Texas, South Carolina and Wisconsin. More than $1.4 billion worth of investments have been set in motion or have directly contributed to the US supply chain supporting Revolution Wind. 25 percent of these contracts are fulfilled by Gulf State suppliers.
Offshore wind is helping to revitalise American industries, having created thousands of jobs across the country in shipbuilding, steel manufacturing, port facilities and other activities.
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