Connecticut

Governor Malloy announced a $15 million state bond investment to prepare the Connecticut State Pier in New London for potential use in deployment of equipment and crew for any of the offshore wind power projects slated to advance in the region. Learn more.

Connecticut announced that it will purchase 200 MW of offshore wind power Deepwater Wind’s (now Ørsted) Revolution Wind project! Learn more.

Danish offshore wind developer, Ørsted, acquired Deepwater Wind and announced that the new company, Ørsted US Offshore Wind, is committed to building Connecticut’s 200 MW project, anticipating its completion in 2023. Learn more.

As part of a larger zero-carbon energy solicitation process, Connecticut agreed to procure 104 MW of additional offshore wind power from Ørsted US Offshore Wind, as an expansion of the 200 MW project selected in June, bringing the state’s total offshore wind generation commitment to 304 MW.

Connecticut and its partners reached an agreement on a harbor development plan for State Pier in New London. Construction is expected to begin in January 2020 and finish in March 2022, contingent on state and federal permitting. Learn more.

Governor Ned Lamont signed into law An Act Concerning the Procurement of Energy Derived from Offshore Wind, kick-starting the industry by requiring the Department of Energy & Environmental Protection to initiate a solicitation 14 days after passage for up to 2,000 MW (or equivalent to 30 percent of state load) —…

CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) issued a Request for Proposals, inviting developers to submit bids for up to 2,000 MW of offshore wind in the aggregate — enough to power a million homes! The RFPs included recommendations made by the commission on environmental standards to apply best…

Five East Coast Governors, including Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Virginia sent a letter to Department of Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross expressing their support for offshore wind power. Learn more.

CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection held a bidders conference to allow bidders the opportunity to ask DEEP questions about the Request for Proposals.

Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) selected Vineyard Wind’s bid for Park City Wind Project to provide the state 804 megawatts of offshore wind power. Learn more.