Empire Wind 1
Located 15-30 miles south of Long Island, NY. OCS-A 0512. 54x Vestas V236-15MW on Sif monopiles fabricated at Rotterdam.
Status
Under Constructionlifecycle stage
Near certainHafrok delivery likelihood
Ownership
Equinor — 100% ◆Location
United StatesNorthwest Atlantic
Technology
Capacity
810 MW ◆
Turbines
54 × 15 MW ◆
Model
Vestas V236 15-0 ◆
Foundation
Monopile ◆
Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held ∴
Origination
BOEM Lease Sale 6 · 2016 ·
Water depth
23–41 m ◆
Distance from shore
40 km ◆
Wind speed
9.5 m/s @ 150 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
OREC · $155/MWh ◆
Grid
Secured · 1 Mar 2024 ◆
Connection
South Brooklyn Marine Terminal cable landfall; Sunset Park … ◆
Schedule
FID
2024 ◆
COD · announced
2027 ◆
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Project timeline & ownership verified milestones on the spine · ownership from Hafrok's transactions record
5 dated milestones on the spine, each with its source · 4 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
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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 25 sources (21 primary) · ◆ 22 documents held
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Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
Regulator3
[1]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management / NOAA NMFS2023-11-21◆ Empire Wind Record of Decision (OCS-A 05…
“The Proposed Action would construct, operate, maintain, and decommission the 816-MW Empire Wind 1 (EW 1) Project ... within Lease Area OCS-A 0512 ... EW 1 would consist of up to 57 wind turbine genera…”
supportsConsentConsent appliedConsent granted
[2]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management2024-12-20◆ Empire Wind 1 COP approval letter (separ…
"BOEM has completed the re-issuance of the enclosed Conditions of COP Approval for the EW1 project area so that the conditions are specifically tailored to Empire Offshore Wind LLC's scope of operatio…
supportsConsentConsent appliedConsent granted
[19]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)2026-08-23◆ US BOEM offshore-wind register (FR docum…
“Lease row OCS-A 0512: companies ['Empire Offshore Wind , LLC']; lease_dates ['04/01/2017']; lease_terms ['25 Years']; states ['New York']; block_count 148.”
supportsRegister entry
Operator15
[4]
Equinor ASA2024-01-25◆ document
“The transactions related to Empire Offshore Wind Holdings LLC, Beacon Wind Holdings LLC and the associated project company that holds the Astoria Gateway for Renewable Energy site, closed 4 April 2024…”
supportsoperator
[5]
Equinor ASA2024-06-04◆ Equinor solidifies New York offtake cont…
“Empire Wind 1 will be America's first offshore wind project to plug directly into the New York City grid with a target to deliver first power in late 2026.”
supportsMechanismStrike / priceDetail
[6]
Equinor ASA2025-01-02◆ Securing financial close for Empire Wind…
“Equinor made a final investment decision on the wholly owned and operated Empire Wind 1 project earlier this year. Construction has already begun. ... Empire Wind 1 will power 500,000 New York homes a…”
supportsFinal investment decisionCommercial operationinstallation base
[7]
Equinor ASA2025-05-19◆ Stop work order lifted, Empire Wind proj…
"The project is currently more than 30 percent complete." ... After an extensive environmental review process, the United States government approved the plan to build a commercial offshore wind farm i…
supportsOnshore constructionOffshore construction
[8]
Equinor ASA2025-12-22◆ Empire receives stop work order from US …
“Empire Offshore Wind LLC (Empire) is complying with the notice received from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on 22 December, ordering the suspension of ongoing activities on the Outer Con…”
supportsStatus note
[10]
Equinor ASA2026-01-15◆ Empire Wind granted preliminary injuncti…
“The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia today granted Empire Offshore Wind LLC (Empire) a preliminary injunction that allows construction activities to resume.”
supportsStatus note
[12]
Empire Wind (Equinor)2026
“Empire Wind 1 will generate 810 MW of renewable energy from 54 turbines ... located 15-30 miles south of Long Island ... water depth between approximately 75 and 135 feet ... Sunset Park Onshore Subst…”
supportsWater depthDistance from shoreCoordinates
[16]
Equinor ASA2026-03-19◆ Equinor — 2025 annual report on form 20 …
"In 2025, impairments mainly related to Equinor’s offshore wind projects on the US North East Coast. Regulatory changes leading to reduced expected synergies from future offshore wind projects and inc…
supportsOnshore constructionOffshore construction
[17]
Equinor2025-07-22◆ Equinor — 2q 2025 financial statements a…
“The construction activities for both onshore SBMT
and offshore EW1 are progressing according to plan
and the project aims to execute planned activities in
the offshore installation window in 2025 a…”
supportsOnshore constructionOffshore construction
[22]
Equinor ASA2026-02-04◆ Equinor Q4/full-year 2025 results call t…
“The project is now over 60% complete. We have successfully installed all monopiles, the offshore substation, and almost 300 kilometers of subsea cables. The total CapEx for Empire Wind is now expected…”
supportsFoundation
[23]
NYSERDA2024-05-31◆ OREC Purchase and Sale Agreement No. 231…
"Dated: May 31, 2024" ... "WHEREAS, the Parties entered into that certain Conditional Termination Agreement dated as of January 25, 2024" ... "Contract Tenor: The maximum duration of the Contract Deli…
supportsMechanismStrike / priceDetail
[24]
Empire Wind (Equinor)2024-03-13◆ Grid milestone for New York's Empire Win…
“Equinor today announced that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved on March 1 the Large Generator Interconnection Agreement (LGIA) executed between the company's Empire Wind 1 proje…”
supportsStatusConnection point
[25]
Office of the New York State Attorney General2026-01-09◆ State of New York and NYSERDA v. Burgum …
“Case 1:26-cv-00071 Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 ... 1. The State brings this action to challenge, declare unlawful, and enjoin the December 22, 2025 order (the Suspension Order) that was issued by Acting…”
supportsStatus note
[26]
Equinor2026-Q3◆ Equinor — financial statements and revie…
“On 22 December 2025, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in the U.S. ordered the suspension of Empire Wind's ongoing activities on the Outer Continental Shelf citing national security concerns (the …”
supportsStatus note
[27]
Equinor (LSEG StreetEvents transcript)2026-10-28◆ Equinor Q3 2026 analyst call transcript …
Copyrighted source — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsFirst power
OEM1
[3]
Vestas Wind Systems A/S2024◆ Vestas secures its first U.S. offshore o…
“The order includes 54 V236-15.0 MW turbines ... with a total generating capacity of around 810 MW. The order marks Vestas' first order in the U.S. for an offshore platform and its industry-leading, ty…”
supportsTurbinesModelUnit capacityTotal capacity
Auction results2
[28]
New York PSC2026-06-22◆ us-nyserda-sol1-2019-nypsc-repricing
NY PSC denies OREC inflation-adjustment petitions (Oct 2023): the contracts had no reopener
supportsOREC · NYSERDA Offshore Wind Solicitation 1 (ORECRFP18-1)
[29]
NY Dept of Public Service2018◆ us-ny-psc-order-18e0071
NY PSC Order, Case 18-E-0071 - establishes the Offshore Wind Standard and the OREC mechanism.
supportsOREC · NYSERDA Fourth (Expedited) Offshore Wind Solicitation (2024)
Trade press4
[9]
offshoreWIND.biz2026-01-05◆ Equinor Sues US Gov’t Over Empire Wind 1…
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsStatus note
[11]
offshoreWIND.biz2024-11-29
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsFoundation
[13]
[15]
offshoreWIND.biz2026-03-31◆ Maersk Viridis En Route to US to Install…
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsCOD historyMaersk Viridis — turbine installation
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