By Michelle Froese reports for Windpower | May 29, 2019
Rhode Island regulators approved a 20-year power-purchase agreement with DWW Rev I, LLC – a joint venture of Ørsted U.S. Offshore Wind and Eversource – for the offshore wind energy that the Revolution Wind project will deliver to the state.
The Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission has unanimously approved Ørsted and Eversource’s long-term power contract with National Grid for 400 MW of clean energy from Revolution Wind.
Revolution Wind, Rhode Island’s second offshore wind farm, will generate enough clean energy to power more than 270,000 average Ocean State homes each year, about a quarter of the total electricity used by Rhode Islanders annually.
The project will save Rhode Island electricity customers millions of dollars in energy costs over the life of the project.
Revolution Wind, located in federal waters roughly halfway between Montauk, N.Y., and Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., is designed to serve as a regional energy center. Connecticut separately selected 300 MW from Revolution Wind to power that state.
