Leading Light Wind
Lease area OCS-A 0542, ~65 km off New Jersey coast in the New York Bight. Would have generated power for ~1 million homes.
Status
Cancelledlifecycle stage
Ownership
INInvenergy — 50% ◇
ENenergyRe — 50% ◇
Location
United StatesNorthwest Atlantic
Technology
Capacity
2,400 MW ◇
Turbines
—
Foundation
—
Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held ∴
Origination
BOEM New York Bight Lease Sale (ATLW-8) · 2022 ·
Water depth
65–72 m ≈
Distance from shore
65 km ◇
Revenue & grid
Offtake
OREC abandoned ◆
Grid
—
Schedule
COD
—
Installation how the build is going · from satellite counts and Hafrok’s registers
Installation not started
nothing to count yet: the satellite tracker begins when offshore construction does
Installation · on record
StageCancelled
Offshore constructionnot started
Expected start of operationnot stated
Sources & verification
3/12 fields verified · rests on 11 sources (4 primary) · ◆ 6 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.
Regulator2
[7]
[14]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)2026-08-23◆ US BOEM offshore-wind register (FR docum…
“Lease row OCS-A 0542: companies ['Invenergy Wind Offshore LLC']; lease_dates ['05/01/2022']; lease_terms ['33 Years']; states ['NY/NJ']; block_count 131.”
supportsRegister entry
Operator3
[5]
[10]
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities2024-01-24◆ Board Order - Solicitation 3 (Leading Li…
“Critical Milestone 1: BOEM approval of the COP.”
supportsConsentCOD history
[12]
US Department of the Interior2026-06-17◆ Interior Announces New Energy Agreement …
“Today, the Department of the Interior announced a settlement agreement with affiliates of Invenergy [...] As part of the settlement agreement, Invenergy will voluntarily terminate its affiliates' four…”
supportsStatus note
Trade press5
[2]
Utility Dive2025-11-10◆ document
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsMechanismDetail
[6]
offshoreWIND.biz2023
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsTotal capacity
[8]
[9]
[13]
offshoreWIND.biz2026-06-18◆ Trump administration strikes new offshor…
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsStatus note
Unverified import1
[1]
unknown◆ document
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsTotal capacityWater depthDistance from shoreCoordinates