BOEM begins review of 880 MW Revolution Wind project

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is set to begin an environmental review of the proposed Revolution Wind project offshore from Rhode Island. The agency issued a notice of intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the project’s construction and operations plan (COP).

This opens a 30-day public comment period, during which BOEM will hold three virtual public scoping meetings and take comments to inform the EIS’s preparation. If approved, the Revolution Wind project will allow a wind energy facility to be built offshore Rhode Island and Massachusetts, with a total capacity of between 704 MW and 880 MW.

The project, expected to be commissioned in 2023, is being jointly developed by Eversource Energy and Ørsted. It is expected to generate enough electrical power to meet the needs of around 270,000 average US households a year, as well as offsetting around six million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year.