The 1,200 MW Beacon Wind 2, located in the southern portion of the lease area that Equinor acquired in BOEM’s lease sale in 2018, will be developed at a later date and could be connected to the grid either in Waterford, Connecticut, or Queens, New York.
This second phase is being developed to address the need for renewable energy identified by states across the region, including New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, the developers state in the COP.
“The interconnectedness of the New England transmission system, managed by the New England ISO (ISO-NE), allows a single point of interconnection in the region to deliver offshore wind energy to all of the New England states (Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine)” .
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Onshore construction for Beacon Wind 1 is expected to start no earlier than in the first quarter of 2025 and offshore construction a year later, with the first power produced in 2028.
For Beacon Wind 2, Equinor and BP expect onshore works to start in 2025 and offshore construction in the first quarter of 2027, at the earliest. Beacon Wind 2 is anticipated to produce its first power in 2029.
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