Skipjack Wind

Located ~33 km off Delmarva Peninsula (Maryland/Delaware coast). OCS-A 0519. Combined 966 MW (Skipjack 1 + Skipjack 2).

Status
On Holdlifecycle stage
UnlikelyHafrok delivery likelihood
Ownership
Ørsted — 100% ◆
Location
United States
Northwest Atlantic
Technology
Capacity 966 MW ◇
Turbines —
Foundation Monopile ◇
Site & conditions
Site rights Exploration right Seabed lease · Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) · 2012-11 ◆ Water depth 16–28 m ≈ Wind speed 9.8 m/s @ 150 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake OREC withdrawn ◆
Grid —
Schedule
FID Not taken
COD · Hafrok for registered readers
On hold since date not stated ∅

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

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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 12 sources (4 primary) · ◆ 7 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
[5]
Offshore Wind Power Hub (BOEM lease OCS-A 0519)2025
supportsCoordinates
[11]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)2026-08-23◆ US BOEM offshore-wind register (FR docum…
“Lease row OCS-A 0519: companies ['Skipjack Offshore Energy, LLC']; lease_dates ['12/01/2012']; lease_terms ['25 Years']; states ['Delaware']; block_count 44.”
supportsRegister entry
[12]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)2025◆ Skipjack Wind - BOEM state activities pa…
“On April 12, 2011, BOEM published a Notice of Determination of No Competitive Interest (DNCI) [...] On Nov. 16, 2012, the lease (OCS-A 0482) was executed. [...] On June 12, 2018, BOEM approved the ass…”
supportsConsentSite rightsConsent applied
Operator1
[2]
Ørsted2024-01◆ Skipjack Wind to be repositioned for fut…
supportsoperatorMechanismDetail
Auction results1
[13]
Maryland PSC2017◆ us-md-order-88192
MD PSC Order 88192 (Case 9431) - OREC Round 1 award rules (US Wind MarWin + Skipjack).
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 press4
[3]
Global Energy Monitor2026
supportsTotal capacity
[6]
GEBCO Compilation Group2020
supportsWater depth
[7]
DTU Wind Energy / World Bank (Global Wind Atlas)2026
supportsMean wind speed
[9]
Utility Dive2020-04-23◆ Skipjack offshore wind announces 1 year …
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsCOD history
Unverified import1
[1]
unknown◆ Skipjack Wind to be Repositioned for Fut…
supportsTotal capacityFoundationWater depthCoordinates
Encyclopaedic1
[4]
Wikipedia2024
supportsFoundation
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