Community Offshore Wind starts New York Bight offshore wind survey (US)

Community Offshore Wind, the joint venture of RWE Renewables and National Grid, has started a geophysical survey in the New York Bight (United States) area to study seabed conditions and potential export cable corridors within a project lease area with an estimated offshore wind capacity potential of 3 GW. The geophysical survey will continue through the summer 2023.

Community Offshore Wind acquired the OCS-A 0539 lease in March 2022, when the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) confirmed the sale of a total of six offshore wind leases in New York and New Jersey for a total consideration of US$4.4bn. The six leases could result in 5.6 GW of offshore wind capacity, generating around 19.6 TWh/year. They were awarded to six consortiums, including Bight Wind (RWE and National Grid, OCS-A 0539, up to 1,387 MW), Ocean Winds (the joint venture of EDP Renewables and Engie, OCS-A 0537, up to 868 MW), Attentive Energy (OCS-A 0538, up to 964 MW), Atlantic Shore Offshore Wind (Shell and EDF Renewables, OCS-A 0541, up to 924 MW), Invenergy Wind Offshore (OCS-A 0542, up to 934 MW) and Mid Atlantic Offshore Wind (Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, OCS-A 0544, up to 523 MW).

The United States aims to instal 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030. At the regional level, New York and New Jersey have set the target of installing 16 GW of offshore wind by 2035.