An offshore wind project targeted by the Trump administration has begun sending power to New England鈥檚 electric grid, the developer said Friday.
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鈥� Skyborn Renewables to provide electricity for Rhode Island and Connecticut, enough to power more than 350,000 homes and businesses.
Revolution Wind was one of five major East Coast offshore wind projects the Trump administration , citing national security concerns. , and federal judges allowed , essentially concluding that the government did not show that the national security risk was so imminent that construction must halt.
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But President Donald Trump, who , has said his goal is to not let any 鈥渨indmills鈥� be built. He has signed a aimed at boosting oil, gas .
White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said Friday night that Trump 鈥渞eversed course on Joe Biden鈥檚 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.鈥� Rogers added in a statement to AP that the administration 鈥渓ooks forward to ultimate victory on this issue.鈥�
Orsted said that at a time of growing energy demand, Revolution Wind will provide price certainty and stability, citing a that estimates it will lower wholesale energy costs by about $500 million per year by 2028.
鈥淩evolution Wind is adding affordable, reliable American-made energy to New England鈥檚 grid, helping to meet growing energy demand and lower consumer costs,鈥� Amanda Dasch, chief development officer at Orsted, said in a statement.
Chris Kearns, acting commissioner of the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources, called the first power milestone a 鈥渟ignificant moment for the state鈥檚 clean energy landscape.鈥�
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, 鈥渋ts price will not be at the mercy of uncertain global energy markets.鈥� The Iran war is , the global economy and international travel.
Courtney also said Friday’s milestone 鈥渘ever would have happened without talented Connecticut building trades workers, who persevered through the Trump administration鈥檚 illegal halt work orders.鈥�
The order in December was the second time the administration halted construction on Revolution Wind. Work was previously over national security concerns. A month later a federal judge ruled the project could resume.
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