Construction of five offshore wind farms on the East Coast of the United States had been stopped. All have been able to resume work and are at various stages of progress.
The construction of the five offshore wind farms on the East Coast of the United States, which the Trump administration had blocked in December 2025, has now resumed and is making progress. After several weeks of interruption, they had successively obtained court rulings at the beginning of the year allowing work to resume. Here is where they stand.
Vineyard Wind: all turbines in place
All the turbines of the Vineyard Wind 1 park (806 MW, with 62 Haliade-X GE Vernova of 13 MW), led by Avangrid, a subsidiary in the US of the Spanish energy company Iberdrola, whose construction began in June 2023, are now in place. The last blades were integrated on March 13th. It will take a few more months before the park is fully operational. By the end of January, 44 of the 62 turbines were already in service.
Revolution Wind: first electrons delivered
The Revolution Wind park (704 MW, Ørsted and Skyborn Renewable) has started supplying electricity to the New England grid, announced the Danish energy company Ørsted on March 14th. In January, the project developers, which will include 65 Siemens Gamesa 11.0-200 DD turbines, had indicated that the park was 87% complete: all foundations, export cables, and two substations were installed, as well as 58 of the 65 turbines.
Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind: production underway
Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, the largest park under construction in the US (176 turbines, for over 2.6 GW), which started in 2024, has also begun delivering electricity on March 23rd, “right on time,” announced the Dominion Energy leader in a message accompanied by a photo of a turbine. While the foundations are already installed, the 14 MW Siemens Gamesa turbines are being integrated by the Charybdis, the first Wind Turbine Installation Vessel under the Jones Act (a century-old US federal law requiring coastal navigation to be reserved for ships built, owned, and operated by US citizens or permanent residents). It was built by Seatrium AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas. The park is expected to be fully operational by 2027.
Sunrise Wind: first turbine being installed
On the Sunrise Wind park (924 MW), led by Ørsted and Eversource, the last park to receive court approval to resume work, the jack-up Wind Scylla, a large self-elevating vessel from Cadeler, arrived on March 25th at the construction site, about thirty nautical miles off Montauk (New York), to install the first of the 84 11 MW turbines in the park, at position AS20, according to a notice to mariners. The note also mentioned that the Connector cable, from Jan de Nul, completed the export cable installation.
Empire Wind: installation vessel en route
Equinor has resumed work on the Empire Wind park after obtaining court authorization. However, the Trump administration tried to block the project by requesting an extension of the work stoppage order, which a federal judge in Washington denied.
After a showdown with the Seatrium shipyard, the first Maersk Offshore Wind installation vessel, the Maersk Viridis, specially designed for the US market, left Singapore on March 26th. It is heading to the construction site of Empire Wind 1 (810 MW), from Norwegian Equinor to install the turbines off Long Island (New York), where the monopile foundations have been in place since December. In early March, Havila Subsea & Renewables reported that the Deep Cygnus, a subsea work vessel, was preparing to work on the field, where it will carry out cable trenching. This park, which will include 54 15 MW Vestas turbines, is expected to deliver its first electricity by the end of 2026, with full operation by 2027.
In its annual report, Equinor reported a $1.6 billion loss in its renewable energy branch. According to the energy company, this was due to the depreciation of the park due to the two work stoppage orders in April and December.
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