New England Wind 2
Lease area OCS-A 0534 (same lease as NEW 1, different phase). Located ~50 km south of Cape Cod. Will use same Salem Harbor port as NEW 1.
Status
On Holdlifecycle stage
UnlikelyHafrok delivery likelihood
Ownership
AVAvangrid Renewables — 100% ◆
Location
United StatesNorthwest Atlantic
Technology
Capacity
1,259 MW ◇
Turbines
—
Foundation
Monopile ◇
Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held Seabed lease · Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) · 2015-04 ◆
Water depth
49–59 m ≈
Wind speed
10.2 m/s @ 150 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
Other terminated ◇
Grid
—
Schedule
FID
Not taken
COD · announced
2031 ○
COD · Hafrok
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On hold since
Aug 2026 ◆
Delivery outlook modelled by Hafrok · calibrated on delivered projects
UnlikelyHafrok's delivery likelihood for New England Wind 2
On hold. The developer's last guidance was 2031; 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 · 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 14 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.
Regulator3
[9]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)2026-08-23◆ US BOEM offshore-wind register (FR docum…
“Lease row OCS-A 0561: companies ['Commonwealth Wind LLC']; lease_dates ['05/15/2024']; lease_terms ['25 Years']; states ['Massachusetts']; block_count 127.”
supportsRegister entry
[10]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)2026◆ New England Wind 1 and 2 — BOEM state ac…
“Through a competitive leasing process (30 CFR 585.211), BOEM awarded Lease OCS-A 0501 to Vineyard Wind, LLC on April 1, 2015. [...] On May 15, 2024, the New England Wind project was segregated into tw…”
supportsSite rights
[12]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)2024-07-01◆ BOEM Approves Construction and Operation…
“The approval will permit the construction and operation of two offshore wind energy facilities, known as New England Wind 1 and New England Wind 2, which together will have a total capacity of up to 2…”
supportsConsentConsent granted
Operator1
[11]
RWE2026-08-06◆ Rwe us offshore reaches settlement with …
“RWE U.S. Offshore has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of the Interior to resolve claims against the U.S. government and relinquish its offshore wind leases off the coasts of New York, Ca…”
supportsOn hold
Auction results1
[13]
MA DOER / EDCs2021◆ us-ma-83c-r3
Massachusetts 83C Round 3 RFP - Commonwealth Wind (Avangrid terminated 2023).
supportsOfftake history
Auction pipeline1
[14]
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 press7
[2]
offshoreWIND.biz2024-04
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsoperator
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7]
Utility Dive
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsMechanismDetail
[8]
Unverified import1
[1]
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