Empire Wind 2
Lease area OCS-A 0512, the single BOEM lease that carries both Empire Wind 1 and Empire Wind 2 (Empire Wind 2 LLC designated operator of the EW2 area on 2024-11-01).
Status
On Holdlifecycle stage
UnlikelyHafrok delivery likelihood
Ownership
Equinor — 100% ◆Location
United StatesNorthwest Atlantic
Technology
Capacity
1,260 MW ◇
Turbines
— ◇
Foundation
Monopile ◇
Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held Seabed lease · Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) · 2017-03 ◆
Water depth
34–39 m ≈
Wind speed
9.7 m/s @ 150 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
OREC terminated ◆
Grid
—
Schedule
FID
Not taken
COD · Hafrok
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On hold since
date not stated ∅
Delivery outlook modelled by Hafrok · calibrated on delivered projects
UnlikelyHafrok's delivery likelihood for Empire Wind 2
On hold. Hafrok's view of a restart is for registered readers.
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Project timeline & ownership verified milestones on the spine · ownership from Hafrok's transactions record
2 dated milestones on the spine, each with its source · 3 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 15 sources (8 primary) · ◆ 10 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.
Regulator4
[14]
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
[16]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)2025-12-22◆ Empire Wind - BOEM state activities page…
“The auction lasted 33 rounds. Statoil Wind US LLC, which bid just under $42.5 million was the winner of lease area OCS-A 0512. [...] The commercial wind energy lease was signed and executed by BOEM on…”
supportsSite rights
[17]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)2024-12-20◆ Empire Wind 2 - COP Approval Letter to E…
“re-issue the February 21, 2024, approval with conditions of the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for the Lease as two separate approvals, one for the EW1 Project and one for the EW2 Project. BOE…”
supportsConsentConsent appliedConsent granted
[18]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management / NOAA NMFS2023-11-21◆ Empire Wind Record of Decision (OCS-A 05…
“Empire Wind submitted its COP on January 10, 2020.”
supportsConsentConsent appliedConsent granted
Operator2
[4]
[5]
Auction results1
[19]
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
[20]
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 press5
[6]
[8]
[9]
[10]
[12]
Offshore Wind (offshorewind.biz)2023-11-22◆ Equinor and BP's Empire Wind Offshore Pr…
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsCOD history
Unverified import1
[1]
Encyclopaedic1
[7]
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