Revolution and Vineyard Wind farms reach full operation off New England

The short version

• Ørsted said its 704-megawatt Revolution Wind farm off Connecticut and Rhode Island began generating up to full capacity in October.[Slashdot]
• A spokesperson confirmed that the Vineyard Wind farm off Massachusetts became fully operational on Oct. 29.[Associated Press]
• Revolution Wind is the third U.S. utility-scale offshore wind farm to reach full commercial operations, after South Fork and Vineyard Wind.[Slashdot]
• The 2025 Interior Department stop-work order for Revolution Wind cited unspecified national security threats and was tossed out by a federal judge.[Slashdot]

Key facts

• Ørsted said its 704-megawatt Revolution Wind farm near Connecticut and Rhode Island began generating up to full capacity in October.[Slashdot]
• Revolution Wind is the third U.S. utility-scale offshore wind farm to reach full commercial operations, after South Fork Wind and Vineyard Wind.[Slashdot]
• Vineyard Wind became fully operational on Oct. 29, according to a spokesperson's email confirmation.[Associated Press]
• Revolution Wind's developer announced that the project came fully online after three years of construction.[Associated Press]
• The Interior Department issued a stop-work order for Revolution Wind in August 2025, citing unspecified national security threats; a federal judge tossed the order out one month later.[Slashdot]
• Vineyard Wind produced 336,382 megawatt-hours between July and September, according to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission data.[Associated Press]
• Revolution Wind delivered 314,321 megawatt-hours between July and September.[Associated Press]

Sources

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• A Third Major US Offshore Wind Farm Is Now Fully OperationalSlashdot
• Despite headwinds, Vineyard Wind, Revolution Wind come fully onlineAssociated Press · Wire: associated-press