Beacon Wind 1

Lease area OCS-A 0520, ~128,000 acres, ~32 km southwest of Nantucket and ~97 km east of Montauk Point. BW1 grid connection to Queens, NY; BW2 to CT or NY.

Status
On Holdlifecycle stage
UnlikelyHafrok delivery likelihood
Ownership
JNJERA Nex bp — 100% ◆
JERA — 50% ◆
BP — 50% ◆
Location
United States
Northwest Atlantic
Technology
Capacity 1,230 MW ◇
Turbines —
Foundation —
Site & conditions
Site rights Seabed rights held ∴
Origination BOEM Massachusetts Lease Sale (ATLW-4A) · 2018 ·
Water depth 39–61 m ≈ Distance from shore 97 km ◇ Wind speed 10.2 m/s @ 150 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake —
Grid —
Schedule
FID Not taken
COD · Hafrok for registered readers
On hold since 21 Oct 2025 ◆

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Project timeline & ownership verified milestones on the spine · ownership from Hafrok's transactions record

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Revenue & offtake contract terms, price levels and the route to market

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Installation how the build is going · from sourced statements and Hafrok's registers

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Sources & verification

Rests on 10 sources (4 primary) · ◆ 5 documents held
◆Verified≈Modelled◇Sourced∴Inferred⌁Convention○Unverified∅No source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
Regulator3
[8]
BOEM2023
supportsTotal capacityDistance from shore
[9]
Northeast Ocean Data (BOEM lease OCS-A 0520 polygon)2025
supportsCoordinates
[13]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)2026-08-23◆ US BOEM offshore-wind register (FR docum…
“Consistent with the regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), BOEM announces its intent to prepare an EIS for a construction and operations plan (COP) submitted by Beacon …”
supportsConsentConsent applied
Operator1
[14]
JERA Co., Inc.2025-08-04
"JERA and bp have completed the formation of JERA Nex bp, a new standalone, equally owned joint venture," with the transaction completed on August 1, 2025. The JV is "50:50-owned" by JERA and bp.
supports↳ parent
Auction results1
[15]
New York PSC2026-06-22◆ us-nyserda-sol2-2021-nypsc-repricing
NY PSC denies OREC inflation-adjustment petitions (Oct 2023): the contracts had no reopener
supportsOfftake history
Auction pipeline1
[16]
Offshore Wind (offshorewind.biz)2026-02◆ ny-ny5-ended-2026
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsNYSERDA Offshore Wind Solicitation 6 (NY6)
Trade press3
[7]
offshoreWIND.biz2025-10◆ document
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsoperatorOn hold
[10]
GEBCO Compilation Group2020
supportsWater depth
[11]
DTU Wind Energy / World Bank (Global Wind Atlas)2026
supportsMean wind speed
Unverified import1
[1]
unknown◆ document
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsTotal capacityWater depthDistance from shoreCoordinates
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