This first phase, the 1,230 MW Beacon Wind 1, is currently under development and is planned to connect to the grid in Queens, New York. Beacon Wind 1 already has a 25-year offtake agreement in place with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).
The 1,200 MW Beacon Wind 2 will be developed at a later date and could be connected to the grid either in Waterford, Connecticut, or Queens, New York.
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The lease area was secured by Equinor, with BP joining in 2021 the US offshore wind projects under development by Equinor. Now, the partners are restructuring the ownership of their joint US offshore wind projects and, by mid-2024, Equinor will take full ownership of the Empire Wind 1 and 2 projects and BP will hold a 100 per cent stake in the Beacon Wind 1 and 2 projects.
BP has already employed suction bucket testing in the UK, where the company is developing offshore wind projects in partnership with EnBW.
As reported at the end of December 2023, the developers were preparing to start suction bucket trials within the array areas of the Mona and Morgan offshore wind farm sites, located off North West England and North Wales.
For the UK projects, BP and EnBW state in their environmental impact assessment (EIA) scoping reports that a number of foundation types are being considered for the two proposed offshore wind farms and that the type(s) to be used will not be confirmed until the final design, after the projects are granted consent.
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The Beacon Wind offshore wind project in the US could feature suction bucket jacket foundations as the developer – a joint venture between BP and Equinor which is in the process of moving towards BP taking full ownership of Beacon Wind – requested approval to perform suction bucket tests as part of
