Community Offshore Wind

Lease area OCS-A 0538 in the New York Bight, ~75 km southeast of New York Harbor. Lease area supports up to 3 GW.

Status
Cancelledlifecycle stage
Ownership
RWE — 100% ◆
Location
United States
Northwest Atlantic
Technology
Capacity 2,800 MW ◇
Turbines —
Foundation —
Site & conditions
Site rights Seabed rights held ∴
Origination BOEM New York Bight Lease Sale (ATLW-8) · 2022 ·
Water depth 32–43 m ≈ Wind speed 9.8 m/s @ 150 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake OREC cancelled ◇
Grid —
Schedule
COD —
Cancelled 6 Aug 2026 ◆

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

1 dated milestone on the spine, each with its source · 2 recorded ownership deals from Hafrok's transactions record · the developer's announced-COD history
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Revenue & offtake contract terms, price levels and the route to market

the contract terms on record · price over time in money of the day · the routes to market and the next visible round
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Installation how the build is going · from sourced statements and Hafrok's registers

construction status and turbines standing · vessel and port contracts · the grid connection and whether it is ready in time
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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.
Regulator1
[13]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)2026-08-23◆ US BOEM offshore-wind register (FR docum…
“Lease row OCS-A 0539: companies ['Community Offshore Wind, LLC']; lease_dates ['05/01/2022']; lease_terms ['33 Years']; states ['NY/NJ']; block_count 174.”
supportsRegister entry
Operator2
[10]
RWE2026-Q2◆ RWE Interim report on the first half of …
“At the beginning of August, our subsidiary RWE U.S. Offshore reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of the Interior, to resolve our claims against the US government in connection with…”
supportsoperator
[11]
RWE2026-08-06◆ RWE U.S. Offshore reaches settlement agr…
“Prior to the settlement with the DOI, RWE acquired National Grid Ventures (~27%) minority ownership interest in the joint venture Community Offshore Wind.”
supportsCancelled
Trade press6
[3]
Renewable Energy Magazine2024
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsTotal capacity
[4]
Global Energy Monitor2026-07-02
supportsCoordinates
[5]
GEBCO Compilation Group2020
supportsWater depth
[6]
offshoreWIND.biz
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsMechanismDetail
[7]
DTU Wind Energy / World Bank (Global Wind Atlas)2026
supportsMean wind speed
[12]
offshoreWIND.biz2026-08-07◆ US Government Reaches USD 1.2 Billion Of…
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsBackground
Unverified import1
[1]
unknown◆ Community Offshore Wind Submits Proposal…
supportsConsentTotal capacityWater depthCoordinates
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