Revolution Wind Farm

The Revolution Wind Farm is the second project by Ørsted and Eversource to be permitted off the Coast of Block Island. The project will produce 704MW of electricity (powering 250,000 homes), 304MW for Connecticut and 400MW for Rhode Island. It is located 15.5 miles off Block Island and will consist of 65 turbines reaching a maximum height of 873 feet. The project is expected to be operational by 2025. 

On August 22, 2023, BOEM issued its Record of Decision on Revolution Wind, concluding the National Environmental Protection Act review. BOEM’s final Construction and Operations Plan (COP) decision is scheduled for fall 2023. 

Town of New Shoreham and Southeast Lighthouse Foundation Comments on Revolution Wind

• June 16, 2021 Revised Scoping Comments on Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Revolution Wind LLC’s
• May 2, 2022 Comments on Technical Reports for Revolution Wind
• October 17, 2022 Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Revolution Wind Project
• October 17, 2022 Comments to USACE on DEIS
• October 31, 2022 Comments on the Finding of Adverse Effect, Revised Technical Reports, Supplemental NHL Documentation, and Draft Memorandum of Agreement for Revolution Wind
• May 5, 2023 Comments on the Revised Finding of Effect, Draft Memorandum of Agreement, Draft Historic Property Treatment Plans, and Technical Reports for Revolution Wind
• July 5, 2023 Comments on the Revised Draft Memorandum of Agreement and Draft Historic Property Treatment Plans for Revolution Wind  

Visualizations

• Block Island Visualizations
• Southeast Lighthouse – Day
• Southeast Lighthouse – Night

Revolution Permitting Documents and Meetings

• Documents
  1. Construction and Operations Plan
  2. Draft Environmental Impact Statement
  3. Final Environmental Impact Statement
  4. Record of Decision

• Meetings

  1. Thursday, May 13, 2021 meeting video 
  2. Tuesday, May 18, 2021 meeting video  
  3. Thursday, May 20, 2021 meeting video 
  4. Thursday, September 29, 2022
      Revolution Wind DEIS Virtual Public Hearing Recording; Public Meeting Transcript
  5. Tuesday, October 4, 2022 Public Meeting Transcript
  6. Wednesday, October 5, 2022 Public Meeting Transcript
  7. Thursday, October 6, 2022 Public Meeting Transcript
  8. Tuesday, October 11, 2022
      Revolution Wind DEIS Virtual Public Hearing Recording; Public Meeting Transcript